Q: Is 66,926,272 a Composite Number?

Why is 66,926,272 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 66,926,272 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 8 14 16 28 31 32 56 61 62 64 79 112 122 124 158 217 224 244 248 316 427 434 448 488 496 553 632 854 868 976 992 1,106 1,264 1,708 1,736 1,891 1,952 1,984 2,212 2,449 2,528 3,416 3,472 3,782 3,904 4,424 4,819 4,898 5,056 6,832 6,944 7,564 8,848 9,638 9,796 13,237 13,664 13,888 15,128 17,143 17,696 19,276 19,592 26,474 27,328 30,256 33,733 34,286 35,392 38,552 39,184 52,948 60,512 67,466 68,572 77,104 78,368 105,896 121,024 134,932 137,144 149,389 154,208 156,736 211,792 269,864 274,288 298,778 308,416 423,584 539,728 548,576 597,556 847,168 1,045,723 1,079,456 1,097,152 1,195,112 2,091,446 2,158,912 2,390,224 4,182,892 4,780,448 8,365,784 9,560,896 16,731,568 33,463,136 and 66,926,272, with no remainder.

Since 66,926,272 cannot be divided by just 1 and 66,926,272, 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).