Q: Is 73,576,680 a Composite Number?

Why is 73,576,680 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 73,576,680 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 12 15 17 20 24 30 34 40 51 60 68 85 102 120 136 170 204 255 340 408 510 680 1,020 2,040 36,067 72,134 108,201 144,268 180,335 216,402 288,536 360,670 432,804 541,005 613,139 721,340 865,608 1,082,010 1,226,278 1,442,680 1,839,417 2,164,020 2,452,556 3,065,695 3,678,834 4,328,040 4,905,112 6,131,390 7,357,668 9,197,085 12,262,780 14,715,336 18,394,170 24,525,560 36,788,340 and 73,576,680, with no remainder.

Since 73,576,680 cannot be divided by just 1 and 73,576,680, 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).