Q: Is 272,520,072 a Composite Number?

Why is 272,520,072 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 272,520,072 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 11 12 18 22 24 27 33 36 44 54 66 72 88 99 108 121 132 198 216 242 264 297 363 396 484 594 726 792 968 1,089 1,188 1,452 2,178 2,376 2,904 3,267 4,356 6,534 8,712 10,427 13,068 20,854 26,136 31,281 41,708 62,562 83,416 93,843 114,697 125,124 187,686 229,394 250,248 281,529 344,091 375,372 458,788 563,058 688,182 750,744 917,576 1,032,273 1,126,116 1,261,667 1,376,364 2,064,546 2,252,232 2,523,334 2,752,728 3,096,819 3,785,001 4,129,092 5,046,668 6,193,638 7,570,002 8,258,184 10,093,336 11,355,003 12,387,276 15,140,004 22,710,006 24,774,552 30,280,008 34,065,009 45,420,012 68,130,018 90,840,024 136,260,036 and 272,520,072, with no remainder.

Since 272,520,072 cannot be divided by just 1 and 272,520,072, 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).