Q: Is 72,521,956 a Composite Number?

 A: Yes, 72,521,956 is a composite number.

Why is 72,521,956 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 72,521,956 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 13 26 52 71 142 169 284 338 676 923 1,511 1,846 3,022 3,692 6,044 11,999 19,643 23,998 39,286 47,996 78,572 107,281 214,562 255,359 429,124 510,718 1,021,436 1,394,653 2,789,306 5,578,612 18,130,489 36,260,978 and 72,521,956, with no remainder.

Since 72,521,956 cannot be divided by just 1 and 72,521,956, 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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