Q: Is 71,724,444 a Composite Number?

Why is 71,724,444 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 71,724,444 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 11 12 22 33 44 47 66 94 121 132 141 188 242 282 363 484 517 564 726 1,034 1,051 1,452 1,551 2,068 2,102 3,102 3,153 4,204 5,687 6,204 6,306 11,374 11,561 12,612 17,061 22,748 23,122 34,122 34,683 46,244 49,397 68,244 69,366 98,794 127,171 138,732 148,191 197,588 254,342 296,382 381,513 508,684 543,367 592,764 763,026 1,086,734 1,526,052 1,630,101 2,173,468 3,260,202 5,977,037 6,520,404 11,954,074 17,931,111 23,908,148 35,862,222 and 71,724,444, with no remainder.

Since 71,724,444 cannot be divided by just 1 and 71,724,444, 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).