Q: Is 74,106,745 a Composite Number?

Why is 74,106,745 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 74,106,745 can be evenly divided by 1 5 19 29 37 95 145 185 551 703 727 1,073 2,755 3,515 3,635 5,365 13,813 20,387 21,083 26,899 69,065 101,935 105,415 134,495 400,577 511,081 780,071 2,002,885 2,555,405 3,900,355 14,821,349 and 74,106,745, with no remainder.

Since 74,106,745 cannot be divided by just 1 and 74,106,745, 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).