Q: Is 72,214,272 a Composite Number?

Why is 72,214,272 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 72,214,272 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 13 16 18 24 26 32 36 39 48 52 64 72 78 96 104 117 128 144 156 192 208 234 256 288 312 384 416 468 576 624 768 832 936 1,152 1,248 1,664 1,872 2,304 2,411 2,496 3,328 3,744 4,822 4,992 7,233 7,488 9,644 9,984 14,466 14,976 19,288 21,699 28,932 29,952 31,343 38,576 43,398 57,864 62,686 77,152 86,796 94,029 115,728 125,372 154,304 173,592 188,058 231,456 250,744 282,087 308,608 347,184 376,116 462,912 501,488 564,174 617,216 694,368 752,232 925,824 1,002,976 1,128,348 1,388,736 1,504,464 1,851,648 2,005,952 2,256,696 2,777,472 3,008,928 4,011,904 4,513,392 5,554,944 6,017,856 8,023,808 9,026,784 12,035,712 18,053,568 24,071,424 36,107,136 and 72,214,272, with no remainder.

Since 72,214,272 cannot be divided by just 1 and 72,214,272, 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).