Q: Is 72,377,536 a Composite Number?

Why is 72,377,536 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 72,377,536 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 8 11 14 16 19 22 28 32 38 44 56 64 76 77 88 112 133 152 154 176 209 224 266 304 308 352 418 448 532 608 616 704 773 836 1,064 1,216 1,232 1,463 1,546 1,672 2,128 2,464 2,926 3,092 3,344 4,256 4,928 5,411 5,852 6,184 6,688 8,503 8,512 10,822 11,704 12,368 13,376 14,687 17,006 21,644 23,408 24,736 29,374 34,012 43,288 46,816 49,472 58,748 59,521 68,024 86,576 93,632 102,809 117,496 119,042 136,048 161,557 173,152 205,618 234,992 238,084 272,096 323,114 346,304 411,236 469,984 476,168 544,192 646,228 822,472 939,968 952,336 1,130,899 1,292,456 1,644,944 1,904,672 2,261,798 2,584,912 3,289,888 3,809,344 4,523,596 5,169,824 6,579,776 9,047,192 10,339,648 18,094,384 36,188,768 and 72,377,536, with no remainder.

Since 72,377,536 cannot be divided by just 1 and 72,377,536, 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).