Q: Is 71,077,740 a Composite Number?

Why is 71,077,740 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 71,077,740 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 10 12 15 20 30 37 60 74 101 111 148 185 202 222 303 317 370 404 444 505 555 606 634 740 951 1,010 1,110 1,212 1,268 1,515 1,585 1,902 2,020 2,220 3,030 3,170 3,737 3,804 4,755 6,060 6,340 7,474 9,510 11,211 11,729 14,948 18,685 19,020 22,422 23,458 32,017 35,187 37,370 44,844 46,916 56,055 58,645 64,034 70,374 74,740 96,051 112,110 117,290 128,068 140,748 160,085 175,935 192,102 224,220 234,580 320,170 351,870 384,204 480,255 640,340 703,740 960,510 1,184,629 1,921,020 2,369,258 3,553,887 4,738,516 5,923,145 7,107,774 11,846,290 14,215,548 17,769,435 23,692,580 35,538,870 and 71,077,740, with no remainder.

Since 71,077,740 cannot be divided by just 1 and 71,077,740, 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).