Q: Is 71,217,072 a Composite Number?

 A: Yes, 71,217,072 is a composite number.

Why is 71,217,072 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 71,217,072 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 24 36 48 72 144 494,563 989,126 1,483,689 1,978,252 2,967,378 3,956,504 4,451,067 5,934,756 7,913,008 8,902,134 11,869,512 17,804,268 23,739,024 35,608,536 and 71,217,072, with no remainder.

Since 71,217,072 cannot be divided by just 1 and 71,217,072, 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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