Q: Is 71,332,476 a Composite Number?

Why is 71,332,476 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 71,332,476 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 12 17 23 34 46 51 68 69 92 102 138 204 276 391 529 661 782 1,058 1,173 1,322 1,564 1,587 1,983 2,116 2,346 2,644 3,174 3,966 4,692 6,348 7,932 8,993 11,237 15,203 17,986 22,474 26,979 30,406 33,711 35,972 44,948 45,609 53,958 60,812 67,422 91,218 107,916 134,844 182,436 258,451 349,669 516,902 699,338 775,353 1,033,804 1,049,007 1,398,676 1,550,706 2,098,014 3,101,412 4,196,028 5,944,373 11,888,746 17,833,119 23,777,492 35,666,238 and 71,332,476, with no remainder.

Since 71,332,476 cannot be divided by just 1 and 71,332,476, 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).