Q: Is 72,413,748 a Composite Number?

Why is 72,413,748 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 72,413,748 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 9 11 12 18 22 33 36 44 66 99 107 132 198 214 321 396 428 642 963 1,177 1,284 1,709 1,926 2,354 3,418 3,531 3,852 4,708 5,127 6,836 7,062 10,254 10,593 14,124 15,381 18,799 20,508 21,186 30,762 37,598 42,372 56,397 61,524 75,196 112,794 169,191 182,863 225,588 338,382 365,726 548,589 676,764 731,452 1,097,178 1,645,767 2,011,493 2,194,356 3,291,534 4,022,986 6,034,479 6,583,068 8,045,972 12,068,958 18,103,437 24,137,916 36,206,874 and 72,413,748, with no remainder.

Since 72,413,748 cannot be divided by just 1 and 72,413,748, 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).