Q: Is 74,474,078 a Composite Number?

Why is 74,474,078 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 74,474,078 can be evenly divided by 1 2 7 14 97 173 194 317 346 634 679 1,211 1,358 2,219 2,422 4,438 16,781 30,749 33,562 54,841 61,498 109,682 117,467 215,243 234,934 383,887 430,486 767,774 5,319,577 10,639,154 37,237,039 and 74,474,078, with no remainder.

Since 74,474,078 cannot be divided by just 1 and 74,474,078, 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).