Q: Is 742,770,234 a Composite Number?

Why is 742,770,234 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 742,770,234 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 9 18 23 46 47 59 69 94 118 138 141 177 207 282 354 414 423 531 647 846 1,062 1,081 1,294 1,357 1,941 2,162 2,714 2,773 3,243 3,882 4,071 5,546 5,823 6,486 8,142 8,319 9,729 11,646 12,213 14,881 16,638 19,458 24,426 24,957 29,762 30,409 38,173 44,643 49,914 60,818 63,779 76,346 89,286 91,227 114,519 127,558 133,929 182,454 191,337 229,038 267,858 273,681 343,557 382,674 547,362 574,011 687,114 699,407 877,979 1,148,022 1,398,814 1,755,958 1,794,131 2,098,221 2,633,937 3,588,262 4,196,442 5,267,874 5,382,393 6,294,663 7,901,811 10,764,786 12,589,326 15,803,622 16,147,179 32,294,358 41,265,013 82,530,026 123,795,039 247,590,078 371,385,117 and 742,770,234, with no remainder.

Since 742,770,234 cannot be divided by just 1 and 742,770,234, 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).