Q: Is 73,506,060 a Composite Number?

Why is 73,506,060 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 73,506,060 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 9 10 12 15 18 19 20 30 36 38 45 57 60 76 90 95 114 171 180 190 228 285 342 380 570 684 855 1,140 1,710 3,420 21,493 42,986 64,479 85,972 107,465 128,958 193,437 214,930 257,916 322,395 386,874 408,367 429,860 644,790 773,748 816,734 967,185 1,225,101 1,289,580 1,633,468 1,934,370 2,041,835 2,450,202 3,675,303 3,868,740 4,083,670 4,900,404 6,125,505 7,350,606 8,167,340 12,251,010 14,701,212 18,376,515 24,502,020 36,753,030 and 73,506,060, with no remainder.

Since 73,506,060 cannot be divided by just 1 and 73,506,060, 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).