Q: Is 73,424,802 a Composite Number?

Why is 73,424,802 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 73,424,802 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 11 17 22 31 33 34 51 62 66 93 102 186 187 341 374 527 561 682 1,023 1,054 1,122 1,581 2,046 2,111 3,162 4,222 5,797 6,333 11,594 12,666 17,391 23,221 34,782 35,887 46,442 65,441 69,663 71,774 107,661 130,882 139,326 196,323 215,322 392,646 394,757 719,851 789,514 1,112,497 1,184,271 1,439,702 2,159,553 2,224,994 2,368,542 3,337,491 4,319,106 6,674,982 12,237,467 24,474,934 36,712,401 and 73,424,802, with no remainder.

Since 73,424,802 cannot be divided by just 1 and 73,424,802, 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).