Q: Is 74,211,720 a Composite Number?

Why is 74,211,720 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 74,211,720 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 11 12 15 19 20 22 24 30 33 38 40 44 55 57 60 66 76 88 95 110 114 120 121 132 152 165 190 209 220 228 242 264 269 285 330 363 380 418 440 456 484 538 570 605 627 660 726 760 807 836 968 1,045 1,076 1,140 1,210 1,254 1,320 1,345 1,452 1,614 1,672 1,815 2,090 2,152 2,280 2,299 2,420 2,508 2,690 2,904 2,959 3,135 3,228 3,630 4,035 4,180 4,598 4,840 5,016 5,111 5,380 5,918 6,270 6,456 6,897 7,260 8,070 8,360 8,877 9,196 10,222 10,760 11,495 11,836 12,540 13,794 14,520 14,795 15,333 16,140 17,754 18,392 20,444 22,990 23,672 25,080 25,555 27,588 29,590 30,666 32,280 32,549 34,485 35,508 40,888 44,385 45,980 51,110 55,176 56,221 59,180 61,332 65,098 68,970 71,016 76,665 88,770 91,960 97,647 102,220 112,442 118,360 122,664 130,196 137,940 153,330 162,745 168,663 177,540 195,294 204,440 224,884 260,392 275,880 281,105 306,660 325,490 337,326 355,080 390,588 449,768 488,235 562,210 613,320 618,431 650,980 674,652 781,176 843,315 976,470 1,124,420 1,236,862 1,301,960 1,349,304 1,686,630 1,855,293 1,952,940 2,248,840 2,473,724 3,092,155 3,373,260 3,710,586 3,905,880 4,947,448 6,184,310 6,746,520 7,421,172 9,276,465 12,368,620 14,842,344 18,552,930 24,737,240 37,105,860 and 74,211,720, with no remainder.

Since 74,211,720 cannot be divided by just 1 and 74,211,720, 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).