Q: Is 72,213,552 a Composite Number?

 A: Yes, 72,213,552 is a composite number.

Why is 72,213,552 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 72,213,552 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 17 18 24 27 34 36 48 51 54 68 72 102 108 136 144 153 204 216 272 306 408 432 459 612 816 918 1,224 1,836 2,448 3,672 7,344 9,833 19,666 29,499 39,332 58,998 78,664 88,497 117,996 157,328 167,161 176,994 235,992 265,491 334,322 353,988 471,984 501,483 530,982 668,644 707,976 1,002,966 1,061,964 1,337,288 1,415,952 1,504,449 2,005,932 2,123,928 2,674,576 3,008,898 4,011,864 4,247,856 4,513,347 6,017,796 8,023,728 9,026,694 12,035,592 18,053,388 24,071,184 36,106,776 and 72,213,552, with no remainder.

Since 72,213,552 cannot be divided by just 1 and 72,213,552, 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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