Q: Is 742,332,744 a Composite Number?

Why is 742,332,744 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 742,332,744 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 17 18 24 34 36 51 68 72 83 102 136 153 166 204 249 306 332 408 498 612 664 747 996 1,224 1,411 1,494 1,992 2,822 2,988 4,233 5,644 5,976 7,307 8,466 11,288 12,699 14,614 16,932 21,921 25,398 29,228 33,864 43,842 50,796 58,456 65,763 87,684 101,592 124,219 131,526 175,368 248,438 263,052 372,657 496,876 526,104 606,481 745,314 993,752 1,117,971 1,212,962 1,490,628 1,819,443 2,235,942 2,425,924 2,981,256 3,638,886 4,471,884 4,851,848 5,458,329 7,277,772 8,943,768 10,310,177 10,916,658 14,555,544 20,620,354 21,833,316 30,930,531 41,240,708 43,666,632 61,861,062 82,481,416 92,791,593 123,722,124 185,583,186 247,444,248 371,166,372 and 742,332,744, with no remainder.

Since 742,332,744 cannot be divided by just 1 and 742,332,744, 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).