Q: Is 748,032,672 a Composite Number?

Why is 748,032,672 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 748,032,672 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 16 24 32 48 53 79 96 106 158 159 212 237 316 318 424 474 632 636 848 948 1,264 1,272 1,696 1,861 1,896 2,528 2,544 3,722 3,792 4,187 5,088 5,583 7,444 7,584 8,374 11,166 12,561 14,888 16,748 22,332 25,122 29,776 33,496 44,664 50,244 59,552 66,992 89,328 98,633 100,488 133,984 147,019 178,656 197,266 200,976 294,038 295,899 394,532 401,952 441,057 588,076 591,798 789,064 882,114 1,176,152 1,183,596 1,578,128 1,764,228 2,352,304 2,367,192 3,156,256 3,528,456 4,704,608 4,734,384 7,056,912 7,792,007 9,468,768 14,113,824 15,584,014 23,376,021 31,168,028 46,752,042 62,336,056 93,504,084 124,672,112 187,008,168 249,344,224 374,016,336 and 748,032,672, with no remainder.

Since 748,032,672 cannot be divided by just 1 and 748,032,672, 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).