Q: Is 74,115,488 a Composite Number?

Why is 74,115,488 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 74,115,488 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 8 16 32 43 61 86 122 172 244 344 488 688 883 976 1,376 1,766 1,952 2,623 3,532 5,246 7,064 10,492 14,128 20,984 28,256 37,969 41,968 53,863 75,938 83,936 107,726 151,876 215,452 303,752 430,904 607,504 861,808 1,215,008 1,723,616 2,316,109 4,632,218 9,264,436 18,528,872 37,057,744 and 74,115,488, with no remainder.

Since 74,115,488 cannot be divided by just 1 and 74,115,488, 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).