Q: Is 71,855,070 a Composite Number?

Why is 71,855,070 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 71,855,070 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 5 6 7 10 14 15 21 30 35 42 49 70 98 105 147 210 245 294 343 490 686 735 1,029 1,470 1,715 2,058 3,430 5,145 6,983 10,290 13,966 20,949 34,915 41,898 48,881 69,830 97,762 104,745 146,643 209,490 244,405 293,286 342,167 488,810 684,334 733,215 1,026,501 1,466,430 1,710,835 2,053,002 2,395,169 3,421,670 4,790,338 5,132,505 7,185,507 10,265,010 11,975,845 14,371,014 23,951,690 35,927,535 and 71,855,070, with no remainder.

Since 71,855,070 cannot be divided by just 1 and 71,855,070, 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).