Q: Is 72,301,680 a Composite Number?

Why is 72,301,680 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 72,301,680 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 9 10 11 12 15 16 17 18 20 22 24 27 30 33 34 36 40 44 45 48 51 54 55 60 66 68 72 80 85 88 90 99 102 108 110 120 132 135 136 144 153 165 170 176 179 180 187 198 204 216 220 240 255 264 270 272 297 306 330 340 358 360 374 396 408 432 440 459 495 510 528 537 540 561 594 612 660 680 716 720 748 765 792 816 880 895 918 935 990 1,020 1,074 1,080 1,122 1,188 1,224 1,320 1,360 1,432 1,485 1,496 1,530 1,584 1,611 1,683 1,790 1,836 1,870 1,969 1,980 2,040 2,148 2,160 2,244 2,295 2,376 2,448 2,640 2,685 2,805 2,864 2,970 2,992 3,043 3,060 3,222 3,366 3,580 3,672 3,740 3,938 3,960 4,080 4,296 4,488 4,590 4,752 4,833 5,049 5,370 5,610 5,907 5,940 6,086 6,120 6,444 6,732 7,160 7,344 7,480 7,876 7,920 8,055 8,415 8,592 8,976 9,129 9,180 9,666 9,845 10,098 10,740 11,220 11,814 11,880 12,172 12,240 12,888 13,464 14,320 14,960 15,215 15,752 16,110 16,830 17,721 18,258 18,360 19,332 19,690 20,196 21,480 22,440 23,628 23,760 24,165 24,344 25,245 25,776 26,928 27,387 29,535 30,430 31,504 32,220 33,473 33,660 35,442 36,516 36,720 38,664 39,380 40,392 42,960 44,880 45,645 47,256 48,330 48,688 50,490 53,163 54,774 59,070 60,860 64,440 66,946 67,320 70,884 73,032 77,328 78,760 80,784 82,161 88,605 91,290 94,512 96,660 100,419 100,980 106,326 109,548 118,140 121,720 128,880 133,892 134,640 136,935 141,768 146,064 157,520 164,322 167,365 177,210 182,580 193,320 200,838 201,960 212,652 219,096 236,280 243,440 265,815 267,784 273,870 283,536 301,257 328,644 334,730 354,420 365,160 386,640 401,676 403,920 410,805 425,304 438,192 472,560 502,095 531,630 535,568 547,740 602,514 657,288 669,460 708,840 730,320 803,352 821,610 850,608 903,771 1,004,190 1,063,260 1,095,480 1,205,028 1,314,576 1,338,920 1,417,680 1,506,285 1,606,704 1,643,220 1,807,542 2,008,380 2,126,520 2,190,960 2,410,056 2,677,840 3,012,570 3,286,440 3,615,084 4,016,760 4,253,040 4,518,855 4,820,112 6,025,140 6,572,880 7,230,168 8,033,520 9,037,710 12,050,280 14,460,336 18,075,420 24,100,560 36,150,840 and 72,301,680, with no remainder.

Since 72,301,680 cannot be divided by just 1 and 72,301,680, 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).