Q: Is 74,740,134 a Composite Number?

Why is 74,740,134 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 74,740,134 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 7 14 21 29 42 58 87 174 203 406 609 1,218 61,363 122,726 184,089 368,178 429,541 859,082 1,288,623 1,779,527 2,577,246 3,559,054 5,338,581 10,677,162 12,456,689 24,913,378 37,370,067 and 74,740,134, with no remainder.

Since 74,740,134 cannot be divided by just 1 and 74,740,134, 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).