Q: Is 74,321,900 a Composite Number?

Why is 74,321,900 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 74,321,900 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 10 20 25 37 50 53 74 100 106 148 185 212 265 370 379 530 740 758 925 1,060 1,325 1,516 1,850 1,895 1,961 2,650 3,700 3,790 3,922 5,300 7,580 7,844 9,475 9,805 14,023 18,950 19,610 20,087 28,046 37,900 39,220 40,174 49,025 56,092 70,115 80,348 98,050 100,435 140,230 196,100 200,870 280,460 350,575 401,740 502,175 701,150 743,219 1,004,350 1,402,300 1,486,438 2,008,700 2,972,876 3,716,095 7,432,190 14,864,380 18,580,475 37,160,950 and 74,321,900, with no remainder.

Since 74,321,900 cannot be divided by just 1 and 74,321,900, 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).