Q: Is 74,121,594 a Composite Number?

Why is 74,121,594 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 74,121,594 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 23 43 46 69 86 129 138 258 989 1,978 2,967 5,934 12,491 24,982 37,473 74,946 287,293 537,113 574,586 861,879 1,074,226 1,611,339 1,723,758 3,222,678 12,353,599 24,707,198 37,060,797 and 74,121,594, with no remainder.

Since 74,121,594 cannot be divided by just 1 and 74,121,594, 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).