Q: Is 72,508,072 a Composite Number?

 A: Yes, 72,508,072 is a composite number.

Why is 72,508,072 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 72,508,072 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 8 13 14 26 28 52 56 91 104 137 182 274 364 548 727 728 959 1,096 1,454 1,781 1,918 2,908 3,562 3,836 5,089 5,816 7,124 7,672 9,451 10,178 12,467 14,248 18,902 20,356 24,934 37,804 40,712 49,868 66,157 75,608 99,599 99,736 132,314 199,198 264,628 398,396 529,256 697,193 796,792 1,294,787 1,394,386 2,589,574 2,788,772 5,179,148 5,577,544 9,063,509 10,358,296 18,127,018 36,254,036 and 72,508,072, with no remainder.

Since 72,508,072 cannot be divided by just 1 and 72,508,072, 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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