Q: Is 73,135,532 a Composite Number?

Why is 73,135,532 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 73,135,532 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 37 74 137 148 274 548 3,607 5,069 7,214 10,138 14,428 20,276 133,459 266,918 494,159 533,836 988,318 1,976,636 18,283,883 36,567,766 and 73,135,532, with no remainder.

Since 73,135,532 cannot be divided by just 1 and 73,135,532, 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).