Q: Is 73,270,120 a Composite Number?

Why is 73,270,120 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 73,270,120 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 7 8 10 11 14 20 22 28 35 40 44 55 56 70 77 88 110 140 154 220 280 308 385 440 616 770 1,540 3,080 23,789 47,578 95,156 118,945 166,523 190,312 237,890 261,679 333,046 475,780 523,358 666,092 832,615 951,560 1,046,716 1,308,395 1,332,184 1,665,230 1,831,753 2,093,432 2,616,790 3,330,460 3,663,506 5,233,580 6,660,920 7,327,012 9,158,765 10,467,160 14,654,024 18,317,530 36,635,060 and 73,270,120, with no remainder.

Since 73,270,120 cannot be divided by just 1 and 73,270,120, 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).