Q: Is 71,348,816 a Composite Number?

Why is 71,348,816 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 71,348,816 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 8 11 14 16 22 28 29 44 56 58 77 88 112 116 154 176 203 232 308 319 406 464 616 638 812 1,232 1,276 1,624 1,997 2,233 2,552 3,248 3,994 4,466 5,104 7,988 8,932 13,979 15,976 17,864 21,967 27,958 31,952 35,728 43,934 55,916 57,913 87,868 111,832 115,826 153,769 175,736 223,664 231,652 307,538 351,472 405,391 463,304 615,076 637,043 810,782 926,608 1,230,152 1,274,086 1,621,564 2,460,304 2,548,172 3,243,128 4,459,301 5,096,344 6,486,256 8,918,602 10,192,688 17,837,204 35,674,408 and 71,348,816, with no remainder.

Since 71,348,816 cannot be divided by just 1 and 71,348,816, 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).