Q: Is 72,630,272 a Composite Number?

Why is 72,630,272 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 72,630,272 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 8 11 13 16 22 26 31 32 44 52 62 64 88 104 124 128 143 176 208 248 256 286 341 352 403 416 496 512 572 682 704 806 832 992 1,024 1,144 1,364 1,408 1,612 1,664 1,984 2,048 2,288 2,728 2,816 3,224 3,328 3,968 4,096 4,433 4,576 5,456 5,632 6,448 6,656 7,936 8,192 8,866 9,152 10,912 11,264 12,896 13,312 15,872 16,384 17,732 18,304 21,824 22,528 25,792 26,624 31,744 35,464 36,608 43,648 45,056 51,584 53,248 63,488 70,928 73,216 87,296 90,112 103,168 106,496 126,976 141,856 146,432 174,592 180,224 206,336 212,992 253,952 283,712 292,864 349,184 412,672 507,904 567,424 585,728 698,368 825,344 1,134,848 1,171,456 1,396,736 1,650,688 2,269,696 2,342,912 2,793,472 3,301,376 4,539,392 5,586,944 6,602,752 9,078,784 18,157,568 36,315,136 and 72,630,272, with no remainder.

Since 72,630,272 cannot be divided by just 1 and 72,630,272, 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).