Q: Is 742,808,230 a Composite Number?

Why is 742,808,230 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 742,808,230 can be evenly divided by 1 2 5 10 19 23 38 43 46 59 67 86 95 115 118 134 190 215 230 295 335 430 437 590 670 817 874 989 1,121 1,273 1,357 1,541 1,634 1,978 2,185 2,242 2,537 2,546 2,714 2,881 3,082 3,953 4,085 4,370 4,945 5,074 5,605 5,762 6,365 6,785 7,705 7,906 8,170 9,890 11,210 12,685 12,730 13,570 14,405 15,410 18,791 19,765 25,370 25,783 28,810 29,279 37,582 39,530 48,203 51,566 54,739 58,351 58,558 66,263 75,107 90,919 93,955 96,406 109,478 116,702 128,915 132,526 146,395 150,214 169,979 181,838 187,910 241,015 257,830 273,695 291,755 292,790 331,315 339,958 375,535 454,595 482,030 547,390 583,510 662,630 751,070 849,895 909,190 1,108,669 1,258,997 1,699,790 1,727,461 2,217,338 2,517,994 3,229,601 3,454,922 3,909,517 5,543,345 6,294,985 6,459,202 7,819,034 8,637,305 11,086,690 12,589,970 16,148,005 17,274,610 19,547,585 32,296,010 39,095,170 74,280,823 148,561,646 371,404,115 and 742,808,230, with no remainder.

Since 742,808,230 cannot be divided by just 1 and 742,808,230, 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).