Q: Is 66,375,072 a Composite Number?

Why is 66,375,072 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 66,375,072 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 17 18 24 27 32 34 36 48 51 54 68 72 96 102 108 136 144 153 204 216 272 288 306 408 432 459 544 612 816 864 918 1,224 1,632 1,836 2,448 3,672 4,519 4,896 7,344 9,038 13,557 14,688 18,076 27,114 36,152 40,671 54,228 72,304 76,823 81,342 108,456 122,013 144,608 153,646 162,684 216,912 230,469 244,026 307,292 325,368 433,824 460,938 488,052 614,584 650,736 691,407 921,876 976,104 1,229,168 1,301,472 1,382,814 1,843,752 1,952,208 2,074,221 2,458,336 2,765,628 3,687,504 3,904,416 4,148,442 5,531,256 7,375,008 8,296,884 11,062,512 16,593,768 22,125,024 33,187,536 and 66,375,072, with no remainder.

Since 66,375,072 cannot be divided by just 1 and 66,375,072, 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).