Q: Is 73,124,040 a Composite Number?

Why is 73,124,040 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 73,124,040 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 11 12 15 20 22 24 30 31 33 40 44 55 60 62 66 88 93 110 120 124 132 155 165 186 220 248 264 310 330 341 372 440 465 620 660 682 744 930 1,023 1,240 1,320 1,364 1,705 1,787 1,860 2,046 2,728 3,410 3,574 3,720 4,092 5,115 5,361 6,820 7,148 8,184 8,935 10,230 10,722 13,640 14,296 17,870 19,657 20,460 21,444 26,805 35,740 39,314 40,920 42,888 53,610 55,397 58,971 71,480 78,628 98,285 107,220 110,794 117,942 157,256 166,191 196,570 214,440 221,588 235,884 276,985 294,855 332,382 393,140 443,176 471,768 553,970 589,710 609,367 664,764 786,280 830,955 1,107,940 1,179,420 1,218,734 1,329,528 1,661,910 1,828,101 2,215,880 2,358,840 2,437,468 3,046,835 3,323,820 3,656,202 4,874,936 6,093,670 6,647,640 7,312,404 9,140,505 12,187,340 14,624,808 18,281,010 24,374,680 36,562,020 and 73,124,040, with no remainder.

Since 73,124,040 cannot be divided by just 1 and 73,124,040, 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).