Q: Is 70,829,820 a Composite Number?

Why is 70,829,820 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 70,829,820 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 9 10 12 15 17 18 20 30 34 36 45 51 60 68 79 85 90 102 153 158 170 180 204 237 255 293 306 316 340 395 474 510 586 612 711 765 790 879 948 1,020 1,172 1,185 1,343 1,422 1,465 1,530 1,580 1,758 2,370 2,637 2,686 2,844 2,930 3,060 3,516 3,555 4,029 4,395 4,740 4,981 5,274 5,372 5,860 6,715 7,110 8,058 8,790 9,962 10,548 12,087 13,185 13,430 14,220 14,943 16,116 17,580 19,924 20,145 23,147 24,174 24,905 26,370 26,860 29,886 40,290 44,829 46,294 48,348 49,810 52,740 59,772 60,435 69,441 74,715 80,580 89,658 92,588 99,620 115,735 120,870 138,882 149,430 179,316 208,323 224,145 231,470 241,740 277,764 298,860 347,205 393,499 416,646 448,290 462,940 694,410 786,998 833,292 896,580 1,041,615 1,180,497 1,388,820 1,573,996 1,967,495 2,083,230 2,360,994 3,541,491 3,934,990 4,166,460 4,721,988 5,902,485 7,082,982 7,869,980 11,804,970 14,165,964 17,707,455 23,609,940 35,414,910 and 70,829,820, with no remainder.

Since 70,829,820 cannot be divided by just 1 and 70,829,820, 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).