Q: Is 74,550,840 a Composite Number?

Why is 74,550,840 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 74,550,840 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 10 12 13 14 15 20 21 24 26 28 30 35 39 40 42 52 56 60 65 70 78 84 91 104 105 120 130 140 156 168 182 195 210 260 273 280 312 364 390 420 455 520 546 728 780 840 910 1,092 1,365 1,560 1,820 2,184 2,730 3,640 5,460 6,827 10,920 13,654 20,481 27,308 34,135 40,962 47,789 54,616 68,270 81,924 88,751 95,578 102,405 136,540 143,367 163,848 177,502 191,156 204,810 238,945 266,253 273,080 286,734 355,004 382,312 409,620 443,755 477,890 532,506 573,468 621,257 710,008 716,835 819,240 887,510 955,780 1,065,012 1,146,936 1,242,514 1,331,265 1,433,670 1,775,020 1,863,771 1,911,560 2,130,024 2,485,028 2,662,530 2,867,340 3,106,285 3,550,040 3,727,542 4,970,056 5,325,060 5,734,680 6,212,570 7,455,084 9,318,855 10,650,120 12,425,140 14,910,168 18,637,710 24,850,280 37,275,420 and 74,550,840, with no remainder.

Since 74,550,840 cannot be divided by just 1 and 74,550,840, 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).