Q: Is 75,420,036 a Composite Number?

Why is 75,420,036 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 75,420,036 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 9 12 18 23 36 46 69 79 92 138 158 207 237 276 316 414 474 711 828 948 1,153 1,422 1,817 2,306 2,844 3,459 3,634 4,612 5,451 6,918 7,268 10,377 10,902 13,836 16,353 20,754 21,804 26,519 32,706 41,508 53,038 65,412 79,557 91,087 106,076 159,114 182,174 238,671 273,261 318,228 364,348 477,342 546,522 819,783 954,684 1,093,044 1,639,566 2,095,001 3,279,132 4,190,002 6,285,003 8,380,004 12,570,006 18,855,009 25,140,012 37,710,018 and 75,420,036, with no remainder.

Since 75,420,036 cannot be divided by just 1 and 75,420,036, 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).