Q: Is 74,370,708 a Composite Number?

Why is 74,370,708 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 74,370,708 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 9 12 18 36 757 1,514 2,271 2,729 3,028 4,542 5,458 6,813 8,187 9,084 10,916 13,626 16,374 24,561 27,252 32,748 49,122 98,244 2,065,853 4,131,706 6,197,559 8,263,412 12,395,118 18,592,677 24,790,236 37,185,354 and 74,370,708, with no remainder.

Since 74,370,708 cannot be divided by just 1 and 74,370,708, 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).