Q: Is 71,402,076 a Composite Number?

Why is 71,402,076 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 71,402,076 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 9 12 18 19 36 38 57 76 114 139 171 228 278 342 417 556 684 751 834 1,251 1,502 1,668 2,253 2,502 2,641 3,004 4,506 5,004 5,282 6,759 7,923 9,012 10,564 13,518 14,269 15,846 23,769 27,036 28,538 31,692 42,807 47,538 57,076 85,614 95,076 104,389 128,421 171,228 208,778 256,842 313,167 417,556 513,684 626,334 939,501 1,252,668 1,879,002 1,983,391 3,758,004 3,966,782 5,950,173 7,933,564 11,900,346 17,850,519 23,800,692 35,701,038 and 71,402,076, with no remainder.

Since 71,402,076 cannot be divided by just 1 and 71,402,076, 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).