Q: Is 71,367,840 a Composite Number?

Why is 71,367,840 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 71,367,840 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 9 10 12 15 16 18 20 24 29 30 32 36 40 45 48 58 60 72 80 87 90 96 116 120 144 145 160 174 180 232 240 261 288 290 348 360 435 464 480 522 580 696 720 870 928 1,044 1,160 1,305 1,392 1,440 1,709 1,740 2,088 2,320 2,610 2,784 3,418 3,480 4,176 4,640 5,127 5,220 6,836 6,960 8,352 8,545 10,254 10,440 13,672 13,920 15,381 17,090 20,508 20,880 25,635 27,344 30,762 34,180 41,016 41,760 49,561 51,270 54,688 61,524 68,360 76,905 82,032 99,122 102,540 123,048 136,720 148,683 153,810 164,064 198,244 205,080 246,096 247,805 273,440 297,366 307,620 396,488 410,160 446,049 492,192 495,610 594,732 615,240 743,415 792,976 820,320 892,098 991,220 1,189,464 1,230,480 1,486,830 1,585,952 1,784,196 1,982,440 2,230,245 2,378,928 2,460,960 2,973,660 3,568,392 3,964,880 4,460,490 4,757,856 5,947,320 7,136,784 7,929,760 8,920,980 11,894,640 14,273,568 17,841,960 23,789,280 35,683,920 and 71,367,840, with no remainder.

Since 71,367,840 cannot be divided by just 1 and 71,367,840, 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).