Q: Is 74,206,248 a Composite Number?

Why is 74,206,248 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 74,206,248 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 19 24 38 57 76 114 152 228 353 456 461 706 922 1,059 1,383 1,412 1,844 2,118 2,766 2,824 3,688 4,236 5,532 6,707 8,472 8,759 11,064 13,414 17,518 20,121 26,277 26,828 35,036 40,242 52,554 53,656 70,072 80,484 105,108 160,968 162,733 210,216 325,466 488,199 650,932 976,398 1,301,864 1,952,796 3,091,927 3,905,592 6,183,854 9,275,781 12,367,708 18,551,562 24,735,416 37,103,124 and 74,206,248, with no remainder.

Since 74,206,248 cannot be divided by just 1 and 74,206,248, 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).