Q: Is 74,352,348 a Composite Number?

Why is 74,352,348 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 74,352,348 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 9 12 14 18 21 28 36 42 63 84 126 252 295,049 590,098 885,147 1,180,196 1,770,294 2,065,343 2,655,441 3,540,588 4,130,686 5,310,882 6,196,029 8,261,372 10,621,764 12,392,058 18,588,087 24,784,116 37,176,174 and 74,352,348, with no remainder.

Since 74,352,348 cannot be divided by just 1 and 74,352,348, 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).