Q: Is 73,748,864 a Composite Number?

Why is 73,748,864 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 73,748,864 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 8 14 16 28 32 53 56 64 106 112 128 212 224 371 424 448 742 848 896 1,484 1,553 1,696 2,968 3,106 3,392 5,936 6,212 6,784 10,871 11,872 12,424 21,742 23,744 24,848 43,484 47,488 49,696 82,309 86,968 99,392 164,618 173,936 198,784 329,236 347,872 576,163 658,472 695,744 1,152,326 1,316,944 1,391,488 2,304,652 2,633,888 4,609,304 5,267,776 9,218,608 10,535,552 18,437,216 36,874,432 and 73,748,864, with no remainder.

Since 73,748,864 cannot be divided by just 1 and 73,748,864, 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).