Q: Is 73,744,216 a Composite Number?

Why is 73,744,216 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 73,744,216 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 8 13 14 26 28 29 49 52 56 58 91 98 104 116 182 196 203 232 364 377 392 406 499 637 728 754 812 998 1,274 1,421 1,508 1,624 1,996 2,548 2,639 2,842 3,016 3,493 3,992 5,096 5,278 5,684 6,487 6,986 10,556 11,368 12,974 13,972 14,471 18,473 21,112 24,451 25,948 27,944 28,942 36,946 45,409 48,902 51,896 57,884 73,892 90,818 97,804 101,297 115,768 147,784 181,636 188,123 195,608 202,594 317,863 363,272 376,246 405,188 635,726 709,079 752,492 810,376 1,271,452 1,316,861 1,418,158 1,504,984 2,542,904 2,633,722 2,836,316 5,267,444 5,672,632 9,218,027 10,534,888 18,436,054 36,872,108 and 73,744,216, with no remainder.

Since 73,744,216 cannot be divided by just 1 and 73,744,216, 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).