Q: Is 70,700,040 a Composite Number?

Why is 70,700,040 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 70,700,040 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 9 10 12 15 18 20 24 27 30 36 40 45 54 60 72 81 90 108 120 135 162 180 216 270 324 360 405 540 648 810 1,080 1,620 3,240 21,821 43,642 65,463 87,284 109,105 130,926 174,568 196,389 218,210 261,852 327,315 392,778 436,420 523,704 589,167 654,630 785,556 872,840 981,945 1,178,334 1,309,260 1,571,112 1,767,501 1,963,890 2,356,668 2,618,520 2,945,835 3,535,002 3,927,780 4,713,336 5,891,670 7,070,004 7,855,560 8,837,505 11,783,340 14,140,008 17,675,010 23,566,680 35,350,020 and 70,700,040, with no remainder.

Since 70,700,040 cannot be divided by just 1 and 70,700,040, 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).