Q: Is 71,138,862 a Composite Number?

Why is 71,138,862 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 71,138,862 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 9 18 23 31 46 62 69 93 138 186 207 241 279 414 482 529 558 713 723 1,058 1,426 1,446 1,587 2,139 2,169 3,174 4,278 4,338 4,761 5,543 6,417 7,471 9,522 11,086 12,834 14,942 16,399 16,629 22,413 32,798 33,258 44,826 49,197 49,887 67,239 98,394 99,774 127,489 134,478 147,591 171,833 254,978 295,182 343,666 382,467 515,499 764,934 1,030,998 1,147,401 1,546,497 2,294,802 3,092,994 3,952,159 7,904,318 11,856,477 23,712,954 35,569,431 and 71,138,862, with no remainder.

Since 71,138,862 cannot be divided by just 1 and 71,138,862, 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).