Q: Is 70,368,720 a Composite Number?

Why is 70,368,720 a composite number?

A composite number is a number that can be divided evenly by more numbers than 1 and itself. It is the opposite of a prime number.

The number 70,368,720 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 12 15 16 20 24 30 40 48 60 80 101 120 202 240 303 404 505 606 808 1,010 1,212 1,515 1,616 2,020 2,424 2,903 3,030 4,040 4,848 5,806 6,060 8,080 8,709 11,612 12,120 14,515 17,418 23,224 24,240 29,030 34,836 43,545 46,448 58,060 69,672 87,090 116,120 139,344 174,180 232,240 293,203 348,360 586,406 696,720 879,609 1,172,812 1,466,015 1,759,218 2,345,624 2,932,030 3,518,436 4,398,045 4,691,248 5,864,060 7,036,872 8,796,090 11,728,120 14,073,744 17,592,180 23,456,240 35,184,360 and 70,368,720, with no remainder.

Since 70,368,720 cannot be divided by just 1 and 70,368,720, it is a composite number.

More Examples

• All positive natural numbers are either a prime number or a composite number (except the number 1, which is neither).