Q: Is 70,988,904 a Composite Number?

Why is 70,988,904 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 70,988,904 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 12 14 18 21 24 28 36 42 56 63 72 83 84 126 166 168 249 252 332 498 504 581 664 747 996 1,162 1,494 1,697 1,743 1,992 2,324 2,988 3,394 3,486 4,648 5,091 5,229 5,976 6,788 6,972 10,182 10,458 11,879 13,576 13,944 15,273 20,364 20,916 23,758 30,546 35,637 40,728 41,832 47,516 61,092 71,274 95,032 106,911 122,184 140,851 142,548 213,822 281,702 285,096 422,553 427,644 563,404 845,106 855,288 985,957 1,126,808 1,267,659 1,690,212 1,971,914 2,535,318 2,957,871 3,380,424 3,943,828 5,070,636 5,915,742 7,887,656 8,873,613 10,141,272 11,831,484 17,747,226 23,662,968 35,494,452 and 70,988,904, with no remainder.

Since 70,988,904 cannot be divided by just 1 and 70,988,904, 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).