Q: Is 71,279,824 a Composite Number?

Why is 71,279,824 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 71,279,824 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 8 11 14 16 22 28 44 47 56 77 88 94 112 154 176 188 308 329 376 517 616 658 752 1,034 1,231 1,232 1,316 2,068 2,462 2,632 3,619 4,136 4,924 5,264 7,238 8,272 8,617 9,848 13,541 14,476 17,234 19,696 27,082 28,952 34,468 54,164 57,857 57,904 68,936 94,787 108,328 115,714 137,872 189,574 216,656 231,428 379,148 404,999 462,856 636,427 758,296 809,998 925,712 1,272,854 1,516,592 1,619,996 2,545,708 3,239,992 4,454,989 5,091,416 6,479,984 8,909,978 10,182,832 17,819,956 35,639,912 and 71,279,824, with no remainder.

Since 71,279,824 cannot be divided by just 1 and 71,279,824, 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).