Q: Is 74,370,342 a Composite Number?

Why is 74,370,342 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 74,370,342 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 17 34 51 53 102 106 159 318 901 1,802 2,703 5,406 13,757 27,514 41,271 82,542 233,869 467,738 701,607 729,121 1,403,214 1,458,242 2,187,363 4,374,726 12,395,057 24,790,114 37,185,171 and 74,370,342, with no remainder.

Since 74,370,342 cannot be divided by just 1 and 74,370,342, 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).