Q: Is 73,708,810 a Composite Number?

Why is 73,708,810 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 73,708,810 can be evenly divided by 1 2 5 7 10 14 35 37 70 74 149 185 191 259 298 370 382 518 745 955 1,043 1,295 1,337 1,490 1,910 2,086 2,590 2,674 5,215 5,513 6,685 7,067 10,430 11,026 13,370 14,134 27,565 28,459 35,335 38,591 49,469 55,130 56,918 70,670 77,182 98,938 142,295 192,955 199,213 247,345 284,590 385,910 398,426 494,690 996,065 1,052,983 1,992,130 2,105,966 5,264,915 7,370,881 10,529,830 14,741,762 36,854,405 and 73,708,810, with no remainder.

Since 73,708,810 cannot be divided by just 1 and 73,708,810, 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).