Q: Is 70,480,740 a Composite Number?

Why is 70,480,740 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 70,480,740 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 10 11 12 15 20 22 23 30 33 44 46 55 60 66 69 92 110 115 132 138 165 220 230 253 276 330 345 460 506 660 690 759 1,012 1,265 1,380 1,518 2,530 3,036 3,795 4,643 5,060 7,590 9,286 13,929 15,180 18,572 23,215 27,858 46,430 51,073 55,716 69,645 92,860 102,146 106,789 139,290 153,219 204,292 213,578 255,365 278,580 306,438 320,367 427,156 510,730 533,945 612,876 640,734 766,095 1,021,460 1,067,890 1,174,679 1,281,468 1,532,190 1,601,835 2,135,780 2,349,358 3,064,380 3,203,670 3,524,037 4,698,716 5,873,395 6,407,340 7,048,074 11,746,790 14,096,148 17,620,185 23,493,580 35,240,370 and 70,480,740, with no remainder.

Since 70,480,740 cannot be divided by just 1 and 70,480,740, 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).