Q: Is 731,115,744 a Composite Number?

Why is 731,115,744 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 731,115,744 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 16 19 24 32 38 48 57 61 76 96 114 122 152 183 228 244 304 366 456 488 608 732 912 976 1,159 1,464 1,824 1,952 2,318 2,928 3,477 4,636 5,856 6,571 6,954 9,272 13,142 13,908 18,544 19,713 26,284 27,816 37,088 39,426 52,568 55,632 78,852 105,136 111,264 124,849 157,704 210,272 249,698 315,408 374,547 400,831 499,396 630,816 749,094 801,662 998,792 1,202,493 1,498,188 1,603,324 1,997,584 2,404,986 2,996,376 3,206,648 3,995,168 4,809,972 5,992,752 6,413,296 7,615,789 9,619,944 11,985,504 12,826,592 15,231,578 19,239,888 22,847,367 30,463,156 38,479,776 45,694,734 60,926,312 91,389,468 121,852,624 182,778,936 243,705,248 365,557,872 and 731,115,744, with no remainder.

Since 731,115,744 cannot be divided by just 1 and 731,115,744, 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).