Q: Is 72,438,828 a Composite Number?

 A: Yes, 72,438,828 is a composite number.

Why is 72,438,828 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 72,438,828 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 11 12 14 21 22 28 33 42 44 66 77 84 121 132 154 231 242 308 363 462 484 726 847 924 1,452 1,694 2,541 3,388 5,082 7,127 10,164 14,254 21,381 28,508 42,762 49,889 78,397 85,524 99,778 149,667 156,794 199,556 235,191 299,334 313,588 470,382 548,779 598,668 862,367 940,764 1,097,558 1,646,337 1,724,734 2,195,116 2,587,101 3,292,674 3,449,468 5,174,202 6,036,569 6,585,348 10,348,404 12,073,138 18,109,707 24,146,276 36,219,414 and 72,438,828, with no remainder.

Since 72,438,828 cannot be divided by just 1 and 72,438,828, it is a composite number.


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  • All positive natural numbers are either a prime number or a composite number (except the number 1, which is neither).

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