Q: Is 742,247,088 a Composite Number?

Why is 742,247,088 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 742,247,088 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 11 12 16 22 24 33 44 48 66 83 88 132 166 176 249 264 332 498 528 664 913 996 1,328 1,826 1,992 2,739 3,652 3,984 5,478 7,304 10,956 14,608 16,937 21,912 33,874 43,824 50,811 67,748 101,622 135,496 186,307 203,244 270,992 372,614 406,488 558,921 745,228 812,976 1,117,842 1,405,771 1,490,456 2,235,684 2,811,542 2,980,912 4,217,313 4,471,368 5,623,084 8,434,626 8,942,736 11,246,168 15,463,481 16,869,252 22,492,336 30,926,962 33,738,504 46,390,443 61,853,924 67,477,008 92,780,886 123,707,848 185,561,772 247,415,696 371,123,544 and 742,247,088, with no remainder.

Since 742,247,088 cannot be divided by just 1 and 742,247,088, 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).