Q: Is 7,400,740 a Composite Number?

Why is 7,400,740 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 7,400,740 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 10 20 37 73 74 137 146 148 185 274 292 365 370 548 685 730 740 1,370 1,460 2,701 2,740 5,069 5,402 10,001 10,138 10,804 13,505 20,002 20,276 25,345 27,010 40,004 50,005 50,690 54,020 100,010 101,380 200,020 370,037 740,074 1,480,148 1,850,185 3,700,370 and 7,400,740, with no remainder.

Since 7,400,740 cannot be divided by just 1 and 7,400,740, 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).