Q: Is 74,107,812 a Composite Number?

Why is 74,107,812 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 74,107,812 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 12 71 142 213 284 426 852 86,981 173,962 260,943 347,924 521,886 1,043,772 6,175,651 12,351,302 18,526,953 24,702,604 37,053,906 and 74,107,812, with no remainder.

Since 74,107,812 cannot be divided by just 1 and 74,107,812, 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).