Q: Is 73,435,752 a Composite Number?

Why is 73,435,752 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 73,435,752 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 13 18 24 26 36 39 52 67 72 78 104 117 134 156 201 234 268 312 402 468 536 603 804 871 936 1,171 1,206 1,608 1,742 2,342 2,412 2,613 3,484 3,513 4,684 4,824 5,226 6,968 7,026 7,839 9,368 10,452 10,539 14,052 15,223 15,678 20,904 21,078 28,104 30,446 31,356 42,156 45,669 60,892 62,712 78,457 84,312 91,338 121,784 137,007 156,914 182,676 235,371 274,014 313,828 365,352 470,742 548,028 627,656 706,113 941,484 1,019,941 1,096,056 1,412,226 1,882,968 2,039,882 2,824,452 3,059,823 4,079,764 5,648,904 6,119,646 8,159,528 9,179,469 12,239,292 18,358,938 24,478,584 36,717,876 and 73,435,752, with no remainder.

Since 73,435,752 cannot be divided by just 1 and 73,435,752, 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).