Q: Is 72,115,110 a Composite Number?

Why is 72,115,110 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 72,115,110 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 5 6 9 10 15 18 27 30 45 54 59 81 90 118 135 162 177 243 270 295 354 405 486 503 531 590 810 885 1,006 1,062 1,215 1,509 1,593 1,770 2,430 2,515 2,655 3,018 3,186 4,527 4,779 5,030 5,310 7,545 7,965 9,054 9,558 13,581 14,337 15,090 15,930 22,635 23,895 27,162 28,674 29,677 40,743 45,270 47,790 59,354 67,905 71,685 81,486 89,031 122,229 135,810 143,370 148,385 178,062 203,715 244,458 267,093 296,770 407,430 445,155 534,186 611,145 801,279 890,310 1,222,290 1,335,465 1,602,558 2,403,837 2,670,930 4,006,395 4,807,674 7,211,511 8,012,790 12,019,185 14,423,022 24,038,370 36,057,555 and 72,115,110, with no remainder.

Since 72,115,110 cannot be divided by just 1 and 72,115,110, 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).