Q: Is 72,338,035 a Composite Number?

Why is 72,338,035 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 72,338,035 can be evenly divided by 1 5 7 11 19 29 31 35 55 77 95 121 133 145 155 203 209 217 319 341 385 551 589 605 665 847 899 1,015 1,045 1,085 1,463 1,595 1,705 2,233 2,299 2,387 2,755 2,945 3,509 3,751 3,857 4,123 4,235 4,495 6,061 6,293 6,479 7,315 9,889 11,165 11,495 11,935 16,093 17,081 17,545 18,755 19,285 20,615 24,563 26,257 30,305 31,465 32,395 42,427 45,353 49,445 66,671 69,223 71,269 80,465 85,405 108,779 119,567 122,815 131,285 187,891 212,135 226,765 333,355 346,115 356,345 466,697 498,883 543,895 597,835 761,453 939,455 1,315,237 2,066,801 2,333,485 2,494,415 3,807,265 6,576,185 10,334,005 14,467,607 and 72,338,035, with no remainder.

Since 72,338,035 cannot be divided by just 1 and 72,338,035, 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).