Q: Is 74,115,486 a Composite Number?

Why is 74,115,486 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 74,115,486 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 9 18 27 54 81 162 243 486 152,501 305,002 457,503 915,006 1,372,509 2,745,018 4,117,527 8,235,054 12,352,581 24,705,162 37,057,743 and 74,115,486, with no remainder.

Since 74,115,486 cannot be divided by just 1 and 74,115,486, 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).