Q: Is 74,457,117 a Composite Number?

Why is 74,457,117 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 74,457,117 can be evenly divided by 1 3 7 9 21 27 49 63 147 167 189 337 441 501 1,011 1,169 1,323 1,503 2,359 3,033 3,507 4,509 7,077 8,183 9,099 10,521 16,513 21,231 24,549 31,563 49,539 56,279 63,693 73,647 148,617 168,837 220,941 393,953 445,851 506,511 1,181,859 1,519,533 2,757,671 3,545,577 8,273,013 10,636,731 24,819,039 and 74,457,117, with no remainder.

Since 74,457,117 cannot be divided by just 1 and 74,457,117, 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).