Q: Is 742,772,079 a Composite Number?

Why is 742,772,079 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 742,772,079 can be evenly divided by 1 3 7 9 21 27 63 101 167 189 233 303 501 699 707 909 1,169 1,503 1,631 2,097 2,121 2,727 3,507 4,509 4,893 6,291 6,363 10,521 14,679 16,867 19,089 23,533 31,563 38,911 44,037 50,601 70,599 116,733 118,069 151,803 164,731 211,797 272,377 350,199 354,207 455,409 494,193 635,391 817,131 1,050,597 1,062,621 1,482,579 2,451,393 3,187,863 3,930,011 4,447,737 7,354,179 11,790,033 27,510,077 35,370,099 82,530,231 106,110,297 247,590,693 and 742,772,079, with no remainder.

Since 742,772,079 cannot be divided by just 1 and 742,772,079, 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).