Q: Is 74,474,080 a Composite Number?

Why is 74,474,080 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 74,474,080 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 8 10 16 20 32 40 80 160 465,463 930,926 1,861,852 2,327,315 3,723,704 4,654,630 7,447,408 9,309,260 14,894,816 18,618,520 37,237,040 and 74,474,080, with no remainder.

Since 74,474,080 cannot be divided by just 1 and 74,474,080, 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).