Q: Is 74,403,735 a Composite Number?

Why is 74,403,735 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 74,403,735 can be evenly divided by 1 3 5 7 15 21 23 35 69 105 115 161 345 483 805 2,415 30,809 92,427 154,045 215,663 462,135 646,989 708,607 1,078,315 2,125,821 3,234,945 3,543,035 4,960,249 10,629,105 14,880,747 24,801,245 and 74,403,735, with no remainder.

Since 74,403,735 cannot be divided by just 1 and 74,403,735, 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).