Q: Is 72,187,728 a Composite Number?

 A: Yes, 72,187,728 is a composite number.

Why is 72,187,728 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 72,187,728 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 16 24 29 48 58 87 116 174 232 348 464 696 1,392 51,859 103,718 155,577 207,436 311,154 414,872 622,308 829,744 1,244,616 1,503,911 2,489,232 3,007,822 4,511,733 6,015,644 9,023,466 12,031,288 18,046,932 24,062,576 36,093,864 and 72,187,728, with no remainder.

Since 72,187,728 cannot be divided by just 1 and 72,187,728, 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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