Q: Is 75,006,540 a Composite Number?

Why is 75,006,540 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 75,006,540 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 9 10 12 14 15 18 20 21 27 28 30 35 36 42 45 54 60 63 70 84 90 105 108 126 135 140 180 189 210 252 270 315 378 420 540 630 756 945 1,260 1,890 3,780 19,843 39,686 59,529 79,372 99,215 119,058 138,901 178,587 198,430 238,116 277,802 297,645 357,174 396,860 416,703 535,761 555,604 595,290 694,505 714,348 833,406 892,935 1,071,522 1,190,580 1,250,109 1,389,010 1,666,812 1,785,870 2,083,515 2,143,044 2,500,218 2,678,805 2,778,020 3,571,740 3,750,327 4,167,030 5,000,436 5,357,610 6,250,545 7,500,654 8,334,060 10,715,220 12,501,090 15,001,308 18,751,635 25,002,180 37,503,270 and 75,006,540, with no remainder.

Since 75,006,540 cannot be divided by just 1 and 75,006,540, 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).