Q: Is 71,437,170 a Composite Number?

Why is 71,437,170 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 71,437,170 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 5 6 7 10 14 15 21 30 35 41 42 70 82 105 123 205 210 246 287 410 574 615 861 1,230 1,435 1,722 2,870 4,305 8,297 8,610 16,594 24,891 41,485 49,782 58,079 82,970 116,158 124,455 174,237 248,910 290,395 340,177 348,474 580,790 680,354 871,185 1,020,531 1,700,885 1,742,370 2,041,062 2,381,239 3,401,770 4,762,478 5,102,655 7,143,717 10,205,310 11,906,195 14,287,434 23,812,390 35,718,585 and 71,437,170, with no remainder.

Since 71,437,170 cannot be divided by just 1 and 71,437,170, 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).