Q: Is 72,206,502 a Composite Number?

 A: Yes, 72,206,502 is a composite number.

Why is 72,206,502 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 72,206,502 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 31 62 93 103 186 206 309 618 3,193 3,769 6,386 7,538 9,579 11,307 19,158 22,614 116,839 233,678 350,517 388,207 701,034 776,414 1,164,621 2,329,242 12,034,417 24,068,834 36,103,251 and 72,206,502, with no remainder.

Since 72,206,502 cannot be divided by just 1 and 72,206,502, 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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