Q: Is 72,057,120 a Composite Number?

Why is 72,057,120 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 72,057,120 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 12 15 16 19 20 24 30 32 38 40 48 57 60 76 80 95 96 114 120 152 160 190 228 240 285 304 380 456 480 570 608 760 912 1,140 1,520 1,824 2,280 3,040 4,560 7,901 9,120 15,802 23,703 31,604 39,505 47,406 63,208 79,010 94,812 118,515 126,416 150,119 158,020 189,624 237,030 252,832 300,238 316,040 379,248 450,357 474,060 600,476 632,080 750,595 758,496 900,714 948,120 1,200,952 1,264,160 1,501,190 1,801,428 1,896,240 2,251,785 2,401,904 3,002,380 3,602,856 3,792,480 4,503,570 4,803,808 6,004,760 7,205,712 9,007,140 12,009,520 14,411,424 18,014,280 24,019,040 36,028,560 and 72,057,120, with no remainder.

Since 72,057,120 cannot be divided by just 1 and 72,057,120, 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).