Q: Is 70,737,480 a Composite Number?

Why is 70,737,480 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 70,737,480 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 9 10 11 12 15 18 20 22 24 30 33 36 40 44 45 55 60 66 72 88 90 99 110 120 132 165 180 198 220 264 330 360 396 440 495 660 792 990 1,320 1,980 3,960 17,863 35,726 53,589 71,452 89,315 107,178 142,904 160,767 178,630 196,493 214,356 267,945 321,534 357,260 392,986 428,712 535,890 589,479 643,068 714,520 785,972 803,835 982,465 1,071,780 1,178,958 1,286,136 1,571,944 1,607,670 1,768,437 1,964,930 2,143,560 2,357,916 2,947,395 3,215,340 3,536,874 3,929,860 4,715,832 5,894,790 6,430,680 7,073,748 7,859,720 8,842,185 11,789,580 14,147,496 17,684,370 23,579,160 35,368,740 and 70,737,480, with no remainder.

Since 70,737,480 cannot be divided by just 1 and 70,737,480, 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).