Q: Is 73,370,196 a Composite Number?

Why is 73,370,196 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 73,370,196 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 9 12 18 36 47 94 103 141 188 206 282 309 412 421 423 564 618 842 846 927 1,236 1,263 1,684 1,692 1,854 2,526 3,708 3,789 4,841 5,052 7,578 9,682 14,523 15,156 19,364 19,787 29,046 39,574 43,363 43,569 58,092 59,361 79,148 86,726 87,138 118,722 130,089 173,452 174,276 178,083 237,444 260,178 356,166 390,267 520,356 712,332 780,534 1,561,068 2,038,061 4,076,122 6,114,183 8,152,244 12,228,366 18,342,549 24,456,732 36,685,098 and 73,370,196, with no remainder.

Since 73,370,196 cannot be divided by just 1 and 73,370,196, 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).