Q: Is 742,542,570 a Composite Number?

Why is 742,542,570 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 742,542,570 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 5 6 7 9 10 11 14 15 18 21 22 30 33 35 42 45 49 55 63 66 70 77 90 98 99 105 110 126 147 154 165 198 210 231 245 294 315 330 385 441 462 490 495 539 630 693 735 770 882 990 1,078 1,155 1,386 1,470 1,617 2,205 2,310 2,695 3,234 3,465 4,410 4,851 5,390 6,930 8,085 9,702 15,307 16,170 24,255 30,614 45,921 48,510 76,535 91,842 107,149 137,763 153,070 168,377 214,298 229,605 275,526 321,447 336,754 459,210 505,131 535,745 642,894 688,815 750,043 841,885 964,341 1,010,262 1,071,490 1,178,639 1,377,630 1,500,086 1,515,393 1,607,235 1,683,770 1,928,682 2,250,129 2,357,278 2,525,655 3,030,786 3,214,470 3,535,917 3,750,215 4,500,258 4,821,705 5,051,310 5,893,195 6,750,387 7,071,834 7,500,430 7,576,965 8,250,473 9,643,410 10,607,751 11,250,645 11,786,390 13,500,774 15,153,930 16,500,946 17,679,585 21,215,502 22,501,290 24,751,419 33,751,935 35,359,170 41,252,365 49,502,838 53,038,755 67,503,870 74,254,257 82,504,730 106,077,510 123,757,095 148,508,514 247,514,190 371,271,285 and 742,542,570, with no remainder.

Since 742,542,570 cannot be divided by just 1 and 742,542,570, 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).