Q: Is 70,676,700 a Composite Number?

Why is 70,676,700 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 70,676,700 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 10 12 15 20 23 25 30 46 50 60 69 75 92 100 115 138 150 230 276 300 345 460 575 690 1,150 1,380 1,725 2,300 3,450 6,900 10,243 20,486 30,729 40,972 51,215 61,458 102,430 122,916 153,645 204,860 235,589 256,075 307,290 471,178 512,150 614,580 706,767 768,225 942,356 1,024,300 1,177,945 1,413,534 1,536,450 2,355,890 2,827,068 3,072,900 3,533,835 4,711,780 5,889,725 7,067,670 11,779,450 14,135,340 17,669,175 23,558,900 35,338,350 and 70,676,700, with no remainder.

Since 70,676,700 cannot be divided by just 1 and 70,676,700, 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).