Q: Is 72,048,348 a Composite Number?

Why is 72,048,348 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 72,048,348 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 9 12 18 36 89 113 178 199 226 267 339 356 398 452 534 597 678 796 801 1,017 1,068 1,194 1,356 1,602 1,791 2,034 2,388 3,204 3,582 4,068 7,164 10,057 17,711 20,114 22,487 30,171 35,422 40,228 44,974 53,133 60,342 67,461 70,844 89,948 90,513 106,266 120,684 134,922 159,399 181,026 202,383 212,532 269,844 318,798 362,052 404,766 637,596 809,532 2,001,343 4,002,686 6,004,029 8,005,372 12,008,058 18,012,087 24,016,116 36,024,174 and 72,048,348, with no remainder.

Since 72,048,348 cannot be divided by just 1 and 72,048,348, 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).