Q: Is 71,335,230 a Composite Number?

Why is 71,335,230 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 71,335,230 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 5 6 10 15 17 30 34 51 61 85 102 122 170 183 255 305 366 510 610 915 1,037 1,830 2,074 2,293 3,111 4,586 5,185 6,222 6,879 10,370 11,465 13,758 15,555 22,930 31,110 34,395 38,981 68,790 77,962 116,943 139,873 194,905 233,886 279,746 389,810 419,619 584,715 699,365 839,238 1,169,430 1,398,730 2,098,095 2,377,841 4,196,190 4,755,682 7,133,523 11,889,205 14,267,046 23,778,410 35,667,615 and 71,335,230, with no remainder.

Since 71,335,230 cannot be divided by just 1 and 71,335,230, 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).