Q: Is 74,750,768 a Composite Number?

Why is 74,750,768 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 74,750,768 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 8 16 17 34 68 136 199 272 398 796 1,381 1,592 2,762 3,184 3,383 5,524 6,766 11,048 13,532 22,096 23,477 27,064 46,954 54,128 93,908 187,816 274,819 375,632 549,638 1,099,276 2,198,552 4,397,104 4,671,923 9,343,846 18,687,692 37,375,384 and 74,750,768, with no remainder.

Since 74,750,768 cannot be divided by just 1 and 74,750,768, 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).