Q: Is 73,462,230 a Composite Number?

Why is 73,462,230 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 73,462,230 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 5 6 9 10 15 18 23 30 45 46 69 90 115 138 207 230 345 414 529 690 1,035 1,058 1,543 1,587 2,070 2,645 3,086 3,174 4,629 4,761 5,290 7,715 7,935 9,258 9,522 13,887 15,430 15,870 23,145 23,805 27,774 35,489 46,290 47,610 69,435 70,978 106,467 138,870 177,445 212,934 319,401 354,890 532,335 638,802 816,247 1,064,670 1,597,005 1,632,494 2,448,741 3,194,010 4,081,235 4,897,482 7,346,223 8,162,470 12,243,705 14,692,446 24,487,410 36,731,115 and 73,462,230, with no remainder.

Since 73,462,230 cannot be divided by just 1 and 73,462,230, 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).