Q: Is 74,131,470 a Composite Number?

Why is 74,131,470 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 74,131,470 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 5 6 7 9 10 14 15 18 21 27 30 35 42 45 54 61 63 70 90 105 122 126 135 183 189 210 270 305 315 366 378 427 549 610 630 643 854 915 945 1,098 1,281 1,286 1,647 1,830 1,890 1,929 2,135 2,562 2,745 3,215 3,294 3,843 3,858 4,270 4,501 5,490 5,787 6,405 6,430 7,686 8,235 9,002 9,645 11,529 11,574 12,810 13,503 16,470 17,361 19,215 19,290 22,505 23,058 27,006 28,935 34,722 38,430 39,223 40,509 45,010 57,645 57,870 67,515 78,446 81,018 86,805 115,290 117,669 121,527 135,030 173,610 196,115 202,545 235,338 243,054 274,561 353,007 392,230 405,090 549,122 588,345 607,635 706,014 823,683 1,059,021 1,176,690 1,215,270 1,372,805 1,647,366 1,765,035 2,118,042 2,471,049 2,745,610 3,530,070 4,118,415 4,942,098 5,295,105 7,413,147 8,236,830 10,590,210 12,355,245 14,826,294 24,710,490 37,065,735 and 74,131,470, with no remainder.

Since 74,131,470 cannot be divided by just 1 and 74,131,470, 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).