Q: Is 742,232,008 a Composite Number?

Why is 742,232,008 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 742,232,008 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 8 14 28 31 49 56 62 98 103 124 196 206 217 248 392 412 434 593 721 824 868 1,186 1,442 1,519 1,736 2,372 2,884 3,038 3,193 4,151 4,744 5,047 5,768 6,076 6,386 8,302 10,094 12,152 12,772 16,604 18,383 20,188 22,351 25,544 29,057 33,208 36,766 40,376 44,702 58,114 61,079 73,532 89,404 116,228 122,158 128,681 147,064 156,457 178,808 232,456 244,316 257,362 312,914 427,553 488,632 514,724 625,828 855,106 900,767 1,029,448 1,251,656 1,710,212 1,801,534 1,893,449 2,992,871 3,420,424 3,603,068 3,786,898 5,985,742 7,206,136 7,573,796 11,971,484 13,254,143 15,147,592 23,942,968 26,508,286 53,016,572 92,779,001 106,033,144 185,558,002 371,116,004 and 742,232,008, with no remainder.

Since 742,232,008 cannot be divided by just 1 and 742,232,008, 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).