Q: Is 746,613,540 a Composite Number?

Why is 746,613,540 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 746,613,540 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 9 10 12 15 18 20 30 36 45 60 90 131 180 262 393 524 655 786 1,179 1,310 1,572 1,965 2,358 2,620 3,930 4,716 5,895 7,860 11,790 23,580 31,663 63,326 94,989 126,652 158,315 189,978 284,967 316,630 379,956 474,945 569,934 633,260 949,890 1,139,868 1,424,835 1,899,780 2,849,670 4,147,853 5,699,340 8,295,706 12,443,559 16,591,412 20,739,265 24,887,118 37,330,677 41,478,530 49,774,236 62,217,795 74,661,354 82,957,060 124,435,590 149,322,708 186,653,385 248,871,180 373,306,770 and 746,613,540, with no remainder.

Since 746,613,540 cannot be divided by just 1 and 746,613,540, 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).