Q: Is 72,201,480 a Composite Number?

Why is 72,201,480 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 72,201,480 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 12 13 15 20 24 26 30 31 39 40 52 60 62 65 78 93 104 120 124 130 155 156 186 195 248 260 310 312 372 390 403 465 520 620 744 780 806 930 1,209 1,240 1,493 1,560 1,612 1,860 2,015 2,418 2,986 3,224 3,720 4,030 4,479 4,836 5,972 6,045 7,465 8,060 8,958 9,672 11,944 12,090 14,930 16,120 17,916 19,409 22,395 24,180 29,860 35,832 38,818 44,790 46,283 48,360 58,227 59,720 77,636 89,580 92,566 97,045 116,454 138,849 155,272 179,160 185,132 194,090 231,415 232,908 277,698 291,135 370,264 388,180 462,830 465,816 555,396 582,270 601,679 694,245 776,360 925,660 1,110,792 1,164,540 1,203,358 1,388,490 1,805,037 1,851,320 2,329,080 2,406,716 2,776,980 3,008,395 3,610,074 4,813,432 5,553,960 6,016,790 7,220,148 9,025,185 12,033,580 14,440,296 18,050,370 24,067,160 36,100,740 and 72,201,480, with no remainder.

Since 72,201,480 cannot be divided by just 1 and 72,201,480, 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).