Q: Is 72,327,528 a Composite Number?

Why is 72,327,528 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 72,327,528 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 12 13 14 18 19 21 24 26 28 36 38 39 42 49 52 56 57 63 72 76 78 83 84 91 98 104 114 117 126 133 147 152 156 166 168 171 182 196 228 234 247 249 252 266 273 294 312 332 342 364 392 399 441 456 468 494 498 504 532 546 581 588 637 664 684 728 741 747 798 819 882 931 936 988 996 1,064 1,079 1,092 1,162 1,176 1,197 1,274 1,368 1,482 1,494 1,577 1,596 1,638 1,729 1,743 1,764 1,862 1,911 1,976 1,992 2,158 2,184 2,223 2,324 2,394 2,548 2,793 2,964 2,988 3,154 3,192 3,237 3,276 3,458 3,486 3,528 3,724 3,822 4,067 4,316 4,446 4,648 4,731 4,788 5,096 5,187 5,229 5,586 5,733 5,928 5,976 6,308 6,474 6,552 6,916 6,972 7,448 7,553 7,644 8,134 8,379 8,632 8,892 9,462 9,576 9,711 10,374 10,458 11,039 11,172 11,466 12,103 12,201 12,616 12,948 13,832 13,944 14,193 15,106 15,288 15,561 16,268 16,758 17,784 18,924 19,422 20,501 20,748 20,916 22,078 22,344 22,659 22,932 24,206 24,402 25,896 28,386 30,212 31,122 32,536 33,117 33,516 36,309 36,603 37,848 38,844 41,002 41,496 41,832 44,156 45,318 45,864 48,412 48,804 52,871 56,772 60,424 61,503 62,244 66,234 67,032 67,977 72,618 73,206 77,273 77,688 82,004 88,312 90,636 96,824 97,608 99,351 105,742 108,927 113,544 123,006 124,488 132,468 135,954 143,507 145,236 146,412 154,546 158,613 164,008 181,272 184,509 198,702 211,484 217,854 231,819 246,012 264,936 271,908 287,014 290,472 292,824 309,092 317,226 369,018 397,404 422,968 430,521 435,708 463,638 475,839 492,024 543,816 574,028 618,184 634,452 695,457 738,036 794,808 861,042 871,416 927,276 951,678 1,004,549 1,148,056 1,268,904 1,291,563 1,390,914 1,476,072 1,722,084 1,854,552 1,903,356 2,009,098 2,583,126 2,781,828 3,013,647 3,444,168 3,806,712 4,018,196 5,166,252 5,563,656 6,027,294 8,036,392 9,040,941 10,332,504 12,054,588 18,081,882 24,109,176 36,163,764 and 72,327,528, with no remainder.

Since 72,327,528 cannot be divided by just 1 and 72,327,528, 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).