Q: Is 73,470,540 a Composite Number?

Why is 73,470,540 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 73,470,540 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 10 11 12 13 15 20 22 26 30 33 39 44 52 55 60 65 66 78 110 130 132 143 156 165 195 220 260 286 330 390 429 572 660 715 780 858 1,430 1,716 2,145 2,860 4,290 8,563 8,580 17,126 25,689 34,252 42,815 51,378 85,630 94,193 102,756 111,319 128,445 171,260 188,386 222,638 256,890 282,579 333,957 376,772 445,276 470,965 513,780 556,595 565,158 667,914 941,930 1,113,190 1,130,316 1,224,509 1,335,828 1,412,895 1,669,785 1,883,860 2,226,380 2,449,018 2,825,790 3,339,570 3,673,527 4,898,036 5,651,580 6,122,545 6,679,140 7,347,054 12,245,090 14,694,108 18,367,635 24,490,180 36,735,270 and 73,470,540, with no remainder.

Since 73,470,540 cannot be divided by just 1 and 73,470,540, 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).