Q: Is 74,101,752 a Composite Number?

Why is 74,101,752 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 74,101,752 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 18 24 36 72 1,029,191 2,058,382 3,087,573 4,116,764 6,175,146 8,233,528 9,262,719 12,350,292 18,525,438 24,700,584 37,050,876 and 74,101,752, with no remainder.

Since 74,101,752 cannot be divided by just 1 and 74,101,752, 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).