Q: Is 74,227,472 a Composite Number?

 A: Yes, 74,227,472 is a composite number.

Why is 74,227,472 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 74,227,472 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 8 11 16 22 29 44 58 88 116 176 232 319 464 638 1,276 2,552 5,104 14,543 29,086 58,172 116,344 159,973 232,688 319,946 421,747 639,892 843,494 1,279,784 1,686,988 2,559,568 3,373,976 4,639,217 6,747,952 9,278,434 18,556,868 37,113,736 and 74,227,472, with no remainder.

Since 74,227,472 cannot be divided by just 1 and 74,227,472, it is a composite number.


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  • All positive natural numbers are either a prime number or a composite number (except the number 1, which is neither).

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