Q: Is 72,249,072 a Composite Number?

 A: Yes, 72,249,072 is a composite number.

Why is 72,249,072 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 72,249,072 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 12 14 16 21 23 24 28 42 46 48 56 69 84 92 112 138 161 168 184 276 322 336 368 483 552 644 966 1,104 1,288 1,932 2,576 3,864 7,728 9,349 18,698 28,047 37,396 56,094 65,443 74,792 112,188 130,886 149,584 196,329 215,027 224,376 261,772 392,658 430,054 448,752 523,544 645,081 785,316 860,108 1,047,088 1,290,162 1,505,189 1,570,632 1,720,216 2,580,324 3,010,378 3,141,264 3,440,432 4,515,567 5,160,648 6,020,756 9,031,134 10,321,296 12,041,512 18,062,268 24,083,024 36,124,536 and 72,249,072, with no remainder.

Since 72,249,072 cannot be divided by just 1 and 72,249,072, 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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