Q: Is 74,110,478 a Composite Number?

Why is 74,110,478 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 74,110,478 can be evenly divided by 1 2 13 26 89 178 1,157 2,314 32,027 64,054 416,351 832,702 2,850,403 5,700,806 37,055,239 and 74,110,478, with no remainder.

Since 74,110,478 cannot be divided by just 1 and 74,110,478, 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).