Q: Is 74,750,074 a Composite Number?

Why is 74,750,074 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 74,750,074 can be evenly divided by 1 2 7 14 197 394 1,379 2,758 27,103 54,206 189,721 379,442 5,339,291 10,678,582 37,375,037 and 74,750,074, with no remainder.

Since 74,750,074 cannot be divided by just 1 and 74,750,074, 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).