Q: Is 67,432,728 a Composite Number?

Why is 67,432,728 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 67,432,728 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 11 12 22 24 33 44 66 73 88 132 146 219 264 292 438 584 803 876 1,606 1,752 2,409 3,212 3,499 4,818 6,424 6,998 9,636 10,497 13,996 19,272 20,994 27,992 38,489 41,988 76,978 83,976 115,467 153,956 230,934 255,427 307,912 461,868 510,854 766,281 923,736 1,021,708 1,532,562 2,043,416 2,809,697 3,065,124 5,619,394 6,130,248 8,429,091 11,238,788 16,858,182 22,477,576 33,716,364 and 67,432,728, with no remainder.

Since 67,432,728 cannot be divided by just 1 and 67,432,728, 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).