Q: Is 72,120,972 a Composite Number?

 A: Yes, 72,120,972 is a composite number.

Why is 72,120,972 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 72,120,972 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 11 12 14 21 22 28 33 42 44 66 77 84 89 132 154 178 231 267 308 356 462 534 623 877 924 979 1,068 1,246 1,754 1,869 1,958 2,492 2,631 2,937 3,508 3,738 3,916 5,262 5,874 6,139 6,853 7,476 9,647 10,524 11,748 12,278 13,706 18,417 19,294 20,559 24,556 27,412 28,941 36,834 38,588 41,118 57,882 67,529 73,668 78,053 82,236 115,764 135,058 156,106 202,587 234,159 270,116 312,212 405,174 468,318 546,371 810,348 858,583 936,636 1,092,742 1,639,113 1,717,166 2,185,484 2,575,749 3,278,226 3,434,332 5,151,498 6,010,081 6,556,452 10,302,996 12,020,162 18,030,243 24,040,324 36,060,486 and 72,120,972, with no remainder.

Since 72,120,972 cannot be divided by just 1 and 72,120,972, it is a composite number.


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  • All positive natural numbers are either a prime number or a composite number (except the number 1, which is neither).

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