Q: Is 742,048,176 a Composite Number?

Why is 742,048,176 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 742,048,176 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 16 24 41 48 82 123 164 211 246 328 422 492 633 656 844 984 1,266 1,688 1,787 1,968 2,532 3,376 3,574 5,064 5,361 7,148 8,651 10,128 10,722 14,296 17,302 21,444 25,953 28,592 34,604 42,888 51,906 69,208 73,267 85,776 103,812 138,416 146,534 207,624 219,801 293,068 377,057 415,248 439,602 586,136 754,114 879,204 1,131,171 1,172,272 1,508,228 1,758,408 2,262,342 3,016,456 3,516,816 4,524,684 6,032,912 9,049,368 15,459,337 18,098,736 30,918,674 46,378,011 61,837,348 92,756,022 123,674,696 185,512,044 247,349,392 371,024,088 and 742,048,176, with no remainder.

Since 742,048,176 cannot be divided by just 1 and 742,048,176, 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).