Q: Is 74,115,482 a Composite Number?

Why is 74,115,482 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 74,115,482 can be evenly divided by 1 2 7 14 31 62 217 434 170,773 341,546 1,195,411 2,390,822 5,293,963 10,587,926 37,057,741 and 74,115,482, with no remainder.

Since 74,115,482 cannot be divided by just 1 and 74,115,482, 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).