Q: Is 73,124,142 a Composite Number?

Why is 73,124,142 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 73,124,142 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 7 13 14 21 26 39 42 78 91 182 199 273 398 546 597 673 1,194 1,346 1,393 2,019 2,587 2,786 4,038 4,179 4,711 5,174 7,761 8,358 8,749 9,422 14,133 15,522 17,498 18,109 26,247 28,266 36,218 52,494 54,327 61,243 108,654 122,486 133,927 183,729 267,854 367,458 401,781 803,562 937,489 1,741,051 1,874,978 2,812,467 3,482,102 5,223,153 5,624,934 10,446,306 12,187,357 24,374,714 36,562,071 and 73,124,142, with no remainder.

Since 73,124,142 cannot be divided by just 1 and 73,124,142, 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).