Q: Is 73,436,736 a Composite Number?

Why is 73,436,736 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 73,436,736 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 16 17 24 32 34 48 51 64 68 96 102 136 149 151 192 204 272 298 302 408 447 453 544 596 604 816 894 906 1,088 1,192 1,208 1,632 1,788 1,812 2,384 2,416 2,533 2,567 3,264 3,576 3,624 4,768 4,832 5,066 5,134 7,152 7,248 7,599 7,701 9,536 9,664 10,132 10,268 14,304 14,496 15,198 15,402 20,264 20,536 22,499 28,608 28,992 30,396 30,804 40,528 41,072 44,998 60,792 61,608 67,497 81,056 82,144 89,996 121,584 123,216 134,994 162,112 164,288 179,992 243,168 246,432 269,988 359,984 382,483 486,336 492,864 539,976 719,968 764,966 1,079,952 1,147,449 1,439,936 1,529,932 2,159,904 2,294,898 3,059,864 4,319,808 4,589,796 6,119,728 9,179,592 12,239,456 18,359,184 24,478,912 36,718,368 and 73,436,736, with no remainder.

Since 73,436,736 cannot be divided by just 1 and 73,436,736, 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).