Q: Is 74,331,234 a Composite Number?

Why is 74,331,234 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 74,331,234 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 9 18 29 58 87 131 174 261 262 393 522 786 1,087 1,179 2,174 2,358 3,261 3,799 6,522 7,598 9,783 11,397 19,566 22,794 31,523 34,191 63,046 68,382 94,569 142,397 189,138 283,707 284,794 427,191 567,414 854,382 1,281,573 2,563,146 4,129,513 8,259,026 12,388,539 24,777,078 37,165,617 and 74,331,234, with no remainder.

Since 74,331,234 cannot be divided by just 1 and 74,331,234, 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).