Q: Is 70,876,368 a Composite Number?

Why is 70,876,368 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 70,876,368 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 24 36 48 72 144 331 662 993 1,324 1,487 1,986 2,648 2,974 2,979 3,972 4,461 5,296 5,948 5,958 7,944 8,922 11,896 11,916 13,383 15,888 17,844 23,792 23,832 26,766 35,688 47,664 53,532 71,376 107,064 214,128 492,197 984,394 1,476,591 1,968,788 2,953,182 3,937,576 4,429,773 5,906,364 7,875,152 8,859,546 11,812,728 17,719,092 23,625,456 35,438,184 and 70,876,368, with no remainder.

Since 70,876,368 cannot be divided by just 1 and 70,876,368, 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).