Q: Is 74,378,336 a Composite Number?

Why is 74,378,336 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 74,378,336 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 8 16 32 1,237 1,879 2,474 3,758 4,948 7,516 9,896 15,032 19,792 30,064 39,584 60,128 2,324,323 4,648,646 9,297,292 18,594,584 37,189,168 and 74,378,336, with no remainder.

Since 74,378,336 cannot be divided by just 1 and 74,378,336, 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).