Q: Is 745,264,242 a Composite Number?

Why is 745,264,242 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 745,264,242 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 9 18 31 47 62 93 94 141 157 181 186 279 282 314 362 423 471 543 558 846 942 1,086 1,413 1,457 1,629 2,826 2,914 3,258 4,371 4,867 5,611 7,379 8,507 8,742 9,734 11,222 13,113 14,601 14,758 16,833 17,014 22,137 25,521 26,226 28,417 29,202 33,666 43,803 44,274 50,499 51,042 56,834 66,411 76,563 85,251 87,606 100,998 132,822 153,126 170,502 228,749 255,753 263,717 457,498 511,506 527,434 686,247 791,151 880,927 1,335,599 1,372,494 1,582,302 1,761,854 2,058,741 2,373,453 2,642,781 2,671,198 4,006,797 4,117,482 4,746,906 5,285,562 7,928,343 8,013,594 12,020,391 15,856,686 24,040,782 41,403,569 82,807,138 124,210,707 248,421,414 372,632,121 and 745,264,242, with no remainder.

Since 745,264,242 cannot be divided by just 1 and 745,264,242, 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).