Q: Is 72,230,580 a Composite Number?

Why is 72,230,580 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 72,230,580 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 9 10 12 15 18 20 23 30 36 45 46 60 69 73 90 92 115 138 146 180 207 219 230 239 276 292 345 365 414 438 460 478 657 690 717 730 828 876 956 1,035 1,095 1,195 1,314 1,380 1,434 1,460 1,679 2,070 2,151 2,190 2,390 2,628 2,868 3,285 3,358 3,585 4,140 4,302 4,380 4,780 5,037 5,497 6,570 6,716 7,170 8,395 8,604 10,074 10,755 10,994 13,140 14,340 15,111 16,491 16,790 17,447 20,148 21,510 21,988 25,185 27,485 30,222 32,982 33,580 34,894 43,020 49,473 50,370 52,341 54,970 60,444 65,964 69,788 75,555 82,455 87,235 98,946 100,740 104,682 109,940 151,110 157,023 164,910 174,470 197,892 209,364 247,365 261,705 302,220 314,046 329,820 348,940 401,281 494,730 523,410 628,092 785,115 802,562 989,460 1,046,820 1,203,843 1,570,230 1,605,124 2,006,405 2,407,686 3,140,460 3,611,529 4,012,810 4,815,372 6,019,215 7,223,058 8,025,620 12,038,430 14,446,116 18,057,645 24,076,860 36,115,290 and 72,230,580, with no remainder.

Since 72,230,580 cannot be divided by just 1 and 72,230,580, 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).