Q: Is 72,270,720 a Composite Number?

Why is 72,270,720 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 72,270,720 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 9 10 12 15 16 18 20 24 30 32 36 40 45 48 60 64 72 80 90 96 120 128 144 160 180 192 240 288 320 360 384 480 576 640 720 960 1,152 1,440 1,920 2,880 5,760 12,547 25,094 37,641 50,188 62,735 75,282 100,376 112,923 125,470 150,564 188,205 200,752 225,846 250,940 301,128 376,410 401,504 451,692 501,880 564,615 602,256 752,820 803,008 903,384 1,003,760 1,129,230 1,204,512 1,505,640 1,606,016 1,806,768 2,007,520 2,258,460 2,409,024 3,011,280 3,613,536 4,015,040 4,516,920 4,818,048 6,022,560 7,227,072 8,030,080 9,033,840 12,045,120 14,454,144 18,067,680 24,090,240 36,135,360 and 72,270,720, with no remainder.

Since 72,270,720 cannot be divided by just 1 and 72,270,720, 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).