Q: Is 74,587,136 a Composite Number?

Why is 74,587,136 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 74,587,136 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 8 13 16 26 32 52 64 104 128 169 208 256 338 416 431 512 676 832 862 1,024 1,352 1,664 1,724 2,704 3,328 3,448 5,408 5,603 6,656 6,896 10,816 11,206 13,312 13,792 21,632 22,412 27,584 43,264 44,824 55,168 72,839 86,528 89,648 110,336 145,678 173,056 179,296 220,672 291,356 358,592 441,344 582,712 717,184 1,165,424 1,434,368 2,330,848 2,868,736 4,661,696 5,737,472 9,323,392 18,646,784 37,293,568 and 74,587,136, with no remainder.

Since 74,587,136 cannot be divided by just 1 and 74,587,136, 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).