Q: Is 72,155,840 a Composite Number?

 A: Yes, 72,155,840 is a composite number.

Why is 72,155,840 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 72,155,840 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 8 10 16 20 32 40 64 80 160 320 443 509 886 1,018 1,772 2,036 2,215 2,545 3,544 4,072 4,430 5,090 7,088 8,144 8,860 10,180 14,176 16,288 17,720 20,360 28,352 32,576 35,440 40,720 70,880 81,440 141,760 162,880 225,487 450,974 901,948 1,127,435 1,803,896 2,254,870 3,607,792 4,509,740 7,215,584 9,019,480 14,431,168 18,038,960 36,077,920 and 72,155,840, with no remainder.

Since 72,155,840 cannot be divided by just 1 and 72,155,840, 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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