Q: Is 73,438,176 a Composite Number?

Why is 73,438,176 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 73,438,176 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 12 14 16 21 24 28 32 42 48 56 84 96 103 112 168 206 224 309 336 412 618 672 721 824 1,061 1,236 1,442 1,648 2,122 2,163 2,472 2,884 3,183 3,296 4,244 4,326 4,944 5,768 6,366 7,427 8,488 8,652 9,888 11,536 12,732 14,854 16,976 17,304 22,281 23,072 25,464 29,708 33,952 34,608 44,562 50,928 59,416 69,216 89,124 101,856 109,283 118,832 178,248 218,566 237,664 327,849 356,496 437,132 655,698 712,992 764,981 874,264 1,311,396 1,529,962 1,748,528 2,294,943 2,622,792 3,059,924 3,497,056 4,589,886 5,245,584 6,119,848 9,179,772 10,491,168 12,239,696 18,359,544 24,479,392 36,719,088 and 73,438,176, with no remainder.

Since 73,438,176 cannot be divided by just 1 and 73,438,176, 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).