Q: Is 743,466,560 a Composite Number?

Why is 743,466,560 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 743,466,560 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 8 10 16 20 32 40 43 64 71 80 86 142 160 172 215 284 320 344 355 430 568 688 710 761 860 1,136 1,376 1,420 1,522 1,720 2,272 2,752 2,840 3,044 3,053 3,440 3,805 4,544 5,680 6,088 6,106 6,880 7,610 11,360 12,176 12,212 13,760 15,220 15,265 22,720 24,352 24,424 30,440 30,530 32,723 48,704 48,848 54,031 60,880 61,060 65,446 97,696 108,062 121,760 122,120 130,892 163,615 195,392 216,124 243,520 244,240 261,784 270,155 327,230 432,248 488,480 523,568 540,310 654,460 864,496 976,960 1,047,136 1,080,620 1,308,920 1,728,992 2,094,272 2,161,240 2,323,333 2,617,840 3,457,984 4,322,480 4,646,666 5,235,680 8,644,960 9,293,332 10,471,360 11,616,665 17,289,920 18,586,664 23,233,330 37,173,328 46,466,660 74,346,656 92,933,320 148,693,312 185,866,640 371,733,280 and 743,466,560, with no remainder.

Since 743,466,560 cannot be divided by just 1 and 743,466,560, 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).