Q: Is 76,720,140 a Composite Number?

Why is 76,720,140 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 76,720,140 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 9 10 12 14 15 18 20 21 28 30 35 36 42 45 60 63 70 84 90 105 126 140 180 210 252 315 420 630 1,260 60,889 121,778 182,667 243,556 304,445 365,334 426,223 548,001 608,890 730,668 852,446 913,335 1,096,002 1,217,780 1,278,669 1,704,892 1,826,670 2,131,115 2,192,004 2,557,338 2,740,005 3,653,340 3,836,007 4,262,230 5,114,676 5,480,010 6,393,345 7,672,014 8,524,460 10,960,020 12,786,690 15,344,028 19,180,035 25,573,380 38,360,070 and 76,720,140, with no remainder.

Since 76,720,140 cannot be divided by just 1 and 76,720,140, 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).