Q: Is 72,070,416 a Composite Number?

Why is 72,070,416 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 72,070,416 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 11 12 16 18 22 24 33 36 44 48 66 72 88 99 132 144 173 176 198 263 264 346 396 519 526 528 692 789 792 1,038 1,052 1,384 1,557 1,578 1,584 1,903 2,076 2,104 2,367 2,768 2,893 3,114 3,156 3,806 4,152 4,208 4,734 5,709 5,786 6,228 6,312 7,612 8,304 8,679 9,468 11,418 11,572 12,456 12,624 15,224 17,127 17,358 18,936 22,836 23,144 24,912 26,037 30,448 34,254 34,716 37,872 45,499 45,672 46,288 52,074 68,508 69,432 90,998 91,344 104,148 136,497 137,016 138,864 181,996 208,296 272,994 274,032 363,992 409,491 416,592 500,489 545,988 727,984 818,982 1,000,978 1,091,976 1,501,467 1,637,964 2,001,956 2,183,952 3,002,934 3,275,928 4,003,912 4,504,401 6,005,868 6,551,856 8,007,824 9,008,802 12,011,736 18,017,604 24,023,472 36,035,208 and 72,070,416, with no remainder.

Since 72,070,416 cannot be divided by just 1 and 72,070,416, 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).