Q: Is 73,711,344 a Composite Number?

Why is 73,711,344 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 73,711,344 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 12 14 16 21 24 28 42 48 56 84 112 168 336 431 509 862 1,018 1,293 1,527 1,724 2,036 2,586 3,017 3,054 3,448 3,563 4,072 5,172 6,034 6,108 6,896 7,126 8,144 9,051 10,344 10,689 12,068 12,216 14,252 18,102 20,688 21,378 24,136 24,432 28,504 36,204 42,756 48,272 57,008 72,408 85,512 144,816 171,024 219,379 438,758 658,137 877,516 1,316,274 1,535,653 1,755,032 2,632,548 3,071,306 3,510,064 4,606,959 5,265,096 6,142,612 9,213,918 10,530,192 12,285,224 18,427,836 24,570,448 36,855,672 and 73,711,344, with no remainder.

Since 73,711,344 cannot be divided by just 1 and 73,711,344, 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).