Q: Is 71,480,508 a Composite Number?

Why is 71,480,508 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 71,480,508 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 11 12 19 22 33 38 44 57 66 76 114 121 132 209 228 242 363 418 484 627 726 836 1,254 1,452 2,299 2,508 2,591 4,598 5,182 6,897 7,773 9,196 10,364 13,794 15,546 27,588 28,501 31,092 49,229 57,002 85,503 98,458 114,004 147,687 171,006 196,916 295,374 313,511 342,012 541,519 590,748 627,022 940,533 1,083,038 1,254,044 1,624,557 1,881,066 2,166,076 3,249,114 3,762,132 5,956,709 6,498,228 11,913,418 17,870,127 23,826,836 35,740,254 and 71,480,508, with no remainder.

Since 71,480,508 cannot be divided by just 1 and 71,480,508, 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).