Q: Is 73,736,568 a Composite Number?

Why is 73,736,568 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 73,736,568 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 18 19 24 27 36 38 53 54 57 72 76 81 106 108 113 114 152 159 162 171 212 216 226 228 318 324 339 342 424 452 456 477 513 636 648 678 684 904 954 1,007 1,017 1,026 1,272 1,356 1,368 1,431 1,539 1,908 2,014 2,034 2,052 2,147 2,712 2,862 3,021 3,051 3,078 3,816 4,028 4,068 4,104 4,293 4,294 5,724 5,989 6,042 6,102 6,156 6,441 8,056 8,136 8,586 8,588 9,063 9,153 11,448 11,978 12,084 12,204 12,312 12,882 17,172 17,176 17,967 18,126 18,306 19,323 23,956 24,168 24,408 25,764 27,189 34,344 35,934 36,252 36,612 38,646 47,912 51,528 53,901 54,378 57,969 71,868 72,504 73,224 77,292 81,567 107,802 108,756 113,791 115,938 143,736 154,584 161,703 163,134 173,907 215,604 217,512 227,582 231,876 323,406 326,268 341,373 347,814 431,208 455,164 463,752 485,109 646,812 652,536 682,746 695,628 910,328 970,218 1,024,119 1,293,624 1,365,492 1,391,256 1,940,436 2,048,238 2,730,984 3,072,357 3,880,872 4,096,476 6,144,714 8,192,952 9,217,071 12,289,428 18,434,142 24,578,856 36,868,284 and 73,736,568, with no remainder.

Since 73,736,568 cannot be divided by just 1 and 73,736,568, 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).