Q: Is 74,717,748 a Composite Number?

Why is 74,717,748 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 74,717,748 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 9 12 14 18 21 27 28 36 42 49 54 63 84 98 108 126 147 189 196 252 294 343 378 441 588 686 756 882 1,029 1,323 1,372 1,764 2,017 2,058 2,646 3,087 4,034 4,116 5,292 6,051 6,174 8,068 9,261 12,102 12,348 14,119 18,153 18,522 24,204 28,238 36,306 37,044 42,357 54,459 56,476 72,612 84,714 98,833 108,918 127,071 169,428 197,666 217,836 254,142 296,499 381,213 395,332 508,284 592,998 691,831 762,426 889,497 1,185,996 1,383,662 1,524,852 1,778,994 2,075,493 2,668,491 2,767,324 3,557,988 4,150,986 5,336,982 6,226,479 8,301,972 10,673,964 12,452,958 18,679,437 24,905,916 37,358,874 and 74,717,748, with no remainder.

Since 74,717,748 cannot be divided by just 1 and 74,717,748, 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).