Q: Is 730,738,260 a Composite Number?

Why is 730,738,260 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 730,738,260 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 9 10 12 14 15 18 20 21 27 28 30 35 36 42 45 54 60 63 70 81 84 90 105 108 126 135 140 162 180 189 210 252 270 315 324 378 405 420 540 567 630 756 810 945 1,134 1,260 1,620 1,890 2,268 2,835 3,780 5,670 11,340 64,439 128,878 193,317 257,756 322,195 386,634 451,073 579,951 644,390 773,268 902,146 966,585 1,159,902 1,288,780 1,353,219 1,739,853 1,804,292 1,933,170 2,255,365 2,319,804 2,706,438 2,899,755 3,479,706 3,866,340 4,059,657 4,510,730 5,219,559 5,412,876 5,799,510 6,766,095 6,959,412 8,119,314 8,699,265 9,021,460 10,439,118 11,599,020 12,178,971 13,532,190 16,238,628 17,398,530 20,298,285 20,878,236 24,357,942 26,097,795 27,064,380 34,797,060 36,536,913 40,596,570 48,715,884 52,195,590 60,894,855 73,073,826 81,193,140 104,391,180 121,789,710 146,147,652 182,684,565 243,579,420 365,369,130 and 730,738,260, with no remainder.

Since 730,738,260 cannot be divided by just 1 and 730,738,260, 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).