Q: Is 64,073,472 a Composite Number?

Why is 64,073,472 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 64,073,472 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 16 19 24 32 38 48 57 64 76 96 114 128 152 192 228 256 304 384 456 608 768 912 1,216 1,824 2,432 3,648 4,391 4,864 7,296 8,782 13,173 14,592 17,564 26,346 35,128 52,692 70,256 83,429 105,384 140,512 166,858 210,768 250,287 281,024 333,716 421,536 500,574 562,048 667,432 843,072 1,001,148 1,124,096 1,334,864 1,686,144 2,002,296 2,669,728 3,372,288 4,004,592 5,339,456 8,009,184 10,678,912 16,018,368 21,357,824 32,036,736 and 64,073,472, with no remainder.

Since 64,073,472 cannot be divided by just 1 and 64,073,472, 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).