Q: Is 73,713,255 a Composite Number?

Why is 73,713,255 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 73,713,255 can be evenly divided by 1 3 5 7 11 15 19 21 33 35 55 57 77 95 105 133 165 209 231 285 385 399 627 665 1,045 1,155 1,463 1,995 3,135 3,359 4,389 7,315 10,077 16,795 21,945 23,513 36,949 50,385 63,821 70,539 110,847 117,565 184,745 191,463 258,643 319,105 352,695 446,747 554,235 702,031 775,929 957,315 1,293,215 1,340,241 2,106,093 2,233,735 3,510,155 3,879,645 4,914,217 6,701,205 10,530,465 14,742,651 24,571,085 and 73,713,255, with no remainder.

Since 73,713,255 cannot be divided by just 1 and 73,713,255, 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).