Q: Is 74,390,616 a Composite Number?

Why is 74,390,616 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 74,390,616 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 18 24 27 36 54 72 108 216 479 719 958 1,437 1,438 1,916 2,157 2,874 2,876 3,832 4,311 4,314 5,748 5,752 6,471 8,622 8,628 11,496 12,933 12,942 17,244 17,256 19,413 25,866 25,884 34,488 38,826 51,732 51,768 77,652 103,464 155,304 344,401 688,802 1,033,203 1,377,604 2,066,406 2,755,208 3,099,609 4,132,812 6,199,218 8,265,624 9,298,827 12,398,436 18,597,654 24,796,872 37,195,308 and 74,390,616, with no remainder.

Since 74,390,616 cannot be divided by just 1 and 74,390,616, 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).