Q: Is 74,378,420 a Composite Number?

Why is 74,378,420 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 74,378,420 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 10 20 101 202 404 505 1,010 2,020 36,821 73,642 147,284 184,105 368,210 736,420 3,718,921 7,437,842 14,875,684 18,594,605 37,189,210 and 74,378,420, with no remainder.

Since 74,378,420 cannot be divided by just 1 and 74,378,420, 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).