Q: Is 70,272 a Composite Number?

 A: Yes, 70,272 is a composite number.

Why is 70,272 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 70,272 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 24 32 36 48 61 64 72 96 122 128 144 183 192 244 288 366 384 488 549 576 732 976 1,098 1,152 1,464 1,952 2,196 2,928 3,904 4,392 5,856 7,808 8,784 11,712 17,568 23,424 35,136 and 70,272, with no remainder.

Since 70,272 cannot be divided by just 1 and 70,272, it is a composite number.


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  • All positive natural numbers are either a prime number or a composite number (except the number 1, which is neither).

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