Q: Is 72,326,430 a Composite Number?

Why is 72,326,430 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 72,326,430 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 5 6 9 10 11 15 18 22 30 33 43 45 55 66 86 90 99 110 129 165 198 215 258 330 387 430 473 495 645 774 946 990 1,290 1,419 1,699 1,935 2,365 2,838 3,398 3,870 4,257 4,730 5,097 7,095 8,495 8,514 10,194 14,190 15,291 16,990 18,689 21,285 25,485 30,582 37,378 42,570 50,970 56,067 73,057 76,455 93,445 112,134 146,114 152,910 168,201 186,890 219,171 280,335 336,402 365,285 438,342 560,670 657,513 730,570 803,627 841,005 1,095,855 1,315,026 1,607,254 1,682,010 2,191,710 2,410,881 3,287,565 4,018,135 4,821,762 6,575,130 7,232,643 8,036,270 12,054,405 14,465,286 24,108,810 36,163,215 and 72,326,430, with no remainder.

Since 72,326,430 cannot be divided by just 1 and 72,326,430, 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).