Q: Is 748,506,042 a Composite Number?

Why is 748,506,042 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 748,506,042 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 9 18 27 54 179 211 358 367 422 537 633 734 1,074 1,101 1,266 1,611 1,899 2,202 3,222 3,303 3,798 4,833 5,697 6,606 9,666 9,909 11,394 19,818 37,769 65,693 75,538 77,437 113,307 131,386 154,874 197,079 226,614 232,311 339,921 394,158 464,622 591,237 679,842 696,933 1,019,763 1,182,474 1,393,866 1,773,711 2,039,526 2,090,799 3,547,422 4,181,598 13,861,223 27,722,446 41,583,669 83,167,338 124,751,007 249,502,014 374,253,021 and 748,506,042, with no remainder.

Since 748,506,042 cannot be divided by just 1 and 748,506,042, 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).