Q: Is 72,612,500 a Composite Number?

Why is 72,612,500 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 72,612,500 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 10 20 25 37 50 74 100 125 148 157 185 250 314 370 500 625 628 740 785 925 1,250 1,570 1,850 2,500 3,125 3,140 3,700 3,925 4,625 5,809 6,250 7,850 9,250 11,618 12,500 15,700 18,500 19,625 23,125 23,236 29,045 39,250 46,250 58,090 78,500 92,500 98,125 115,625 116,180 145,225 196,250 231,250 290,450 392,500 462,500 490,625 580,900 726,125 981,250 1,452,250 1,962,500 2,904,500 3,630,625 7,261,250 14,522,500 18,153,125 36,306,250 and 72,612,500, with no remainder.

Since 72,612,500 cannot be divided by just 1 and 72,612,500, 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).