Q: Is 71,130,924 a Composite Number?

Why is 71,130,924 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 71,130,924 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 9 12 17 18 34 36 51 68 71 102 142 153 204 213 284 306 426 612 639 852 1,207 1,278 1,637 2,414 2,556 3,274 3,621 4,828 4,911 6,548 7,242 9,822 10,863 14,484 14,733 19,644 21,726 27,829 29,466 43,452 55,658 58,932 83,487 111,316 116,227 166,974 232,454 250,461 333,948 348,681 464,908 500,922 697,362 1,001,844 1,046,043 1,394,724 1,975,859 2,092,086 3,951,718 4,184,172 5,927,577 7,903,436 11,855,154 17,782,731 23,710,308 35,565,462 and 71,130,924, with no remainder.

Since 71,130,924 cannot be divided by just 1 and 71,130,924, 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).