Q: Is 74,104,370 a Composite Number?

Why is 74,104,370 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 74,104,370 can be evenly divided by 1 2 5 10 19 38 79 95 158 190 395 790 1,501 3,002 4,937 7,505 9,874 15,010 24,685 49,370 93,803 187,606 390,023 469,015 780,046 938,030 1,950,115 3,900,230 7,410,437 14,820,874 37,052,185 and 74,104,370, with no remainder.

Since 74,104,370 cannot be divided by just 1 and 74,104,370, 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).