Q: Is 71,718,048 a Composite Number?

Why is 71,718,048 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 71,718,048 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 23 24 27 32 36 46 48 54 69 72 81 92 96 108 138 144 162 184 207 216 243 276 288 324 368 401 414 432 486 552 621 648 736 802 828 864 972 1,104 1,203 1,242 1,296 1,604 1,656 1,863 1,944 2,208 2,406 2,484 2,592 3,208 3,312 3,609 3,726 3,888 4,812 4,968 5,589 6,416 6,624 7,218 7,452 7,776 9,223 9,624 9,936 10,827 11,178 12,832 14,436 14,904 18,446 19,248 19,872 21,654 22,356 27,669 28,872 29,808 32,481 36,892 38,496 43,308 44,712 55,338 57,744 59,616 64,962 73,784 83,007 86,616 89,424 97,443 110,676 115,488 129,924 147,568 166,014 173,232 178,848 194,886 221,352 249,021 259,848 295,136 332,028 346,464 389,772 442,704 498,042 519,696 664,056 747,063 779,544 885,408 996,084 1,039,392 1,328,112 1,494,126 1,559,088 1,992,168 2,241,189 2,656,224 2,988,252 3,118,176 3,984,336 4,482,378 5,976,504 7,968,672 8,964,756 11,953,008 17,929,512 23,906,016 35,859,024 and 71,718,048, with no remainder.

Since 71,718,048 cannot be divided by just 1 and 71,718,048, 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).