Q: Is 74,208,024 a Composite Number?

Why is 74,208,024 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 74,208,024 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 11 12 18 22 24 33 36 43 44 66 72 86 88 99 129 132 172 198 258 264 344 387 396 473 516 774 792 946 1,032 1,419 1,548 1,892 2,179 2,838 3,096 3,784 4,257 4,358 5,676 6,537 8,514 8,716 11,352 13,074 17,028 17,432 19,611 23,969 26,148 34,056 39,222 47,938 52,296 71,907 78,444 93,697 95,876 143,814 156,888 187,394 191,752 215,721 281,091 287,628 374,788 431,442 562,182 575,256 749,576 843,273 862,884 1,030,667 1,124,364 1,686,546 1,725,768 2,061,334 2,248,728 3,092,001 3,373,092 4,122,668 6,184,002 6,746,184 8,245,336 9,276,003 12,368,004 18,552,006 24,736,008 37,104,012 and 74,208,024, with no remainder.

Since 74,208,024 cannot be divided by just 1 and 74,208,024, 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).