Q: Is 72,217,626 a Composite Number?

Why is 72,217,626 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 72,217,626 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 13 26 39 78 89 101 103 178 202 206 267 303 309 534 606 618 1,157 1,313 1,339 2,314 2,626 2,678 3,471 3,939 4,017 6,942 7,878 8,034 8,989 9,167 10,403 17,978 18,334 20,806 26,967 27,501 31,209 53,934 55,002 62,418 116,857 119,171 135,239 233,714 238,342 270,478 350,571 357,513 405,717 701,142 715,026 811,434 925,867 1,851,734 2,777,601 5,555,202 12,036,271 24,072,542 36,108,813 and 72,217,626, with no remainder.

Since 72,217,626 cannot be divided by just 1 and 72,217,626, 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).