Q: Is 74,110,488 a Composite Number?

Why is 74,110,488 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 74,110,488 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 19 24 38 57 76 114 152 228 456 162,523 325,046 487,569 650,092 975,138 1,300,184 1,950,276 3,087,937 3,900,552 6,175,874 9,263,811 12,351,748 18,527,622 24,703,496 37,055,244 and 74,110,488, with no remainder.

Since 74,110,488 cannot be divided by just 1 and 74,110,488, 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).