Q: Is 74,403,732 a Composite Number?

Why is 74,403,732 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 74,403,732 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 12 13 26 39 52 53 78 106 156 159 212 318 636 689 1,378 2,067 2,756 4,134 8,268 8,999 17,998 26,997 35,996 53,994 107,988 116,987 233,974 350,961 467,948 476,947 701,922 953,894 1,403,844 1,430,841 1,907,788 2,861,682 5,723,364 6,200,311 12,400,622 18,600,933 24,801,244 37,201,866 and 74,403,732, with no remainder.

Since 74,403,732 cannot be divided by just 1 and 74,403,732, 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).