Q: Is 74,136,516 a Composite Number?

Why is 74,136,516 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 74,136,516 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 12 103 206 309 412 618 1,236 59,981 119,962 179,943 239,924 359,886 719,772 6,178,043 12,356,086 18,534,129 24,712,172 37,068,258 and 74,136,516, with no remainder.

Since 74,136,516 cannot be divided by just 1 and 74,136,516, 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).