Q: Is 72,653,308 a Composite Number?

Why is 72,653,308 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 72,653,308 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 13 14 17 26 28 34 52 59 68 91 118 119 182 199 221 236 238 364 398 413 442 476 767 796 826 884 1,003 1,393 1,534 1,547 1,652 2,006 2,587 2,786 3,068 3,094 3,383 4,012 5,174 5,369 5,572 6,188 6,766 7,021 10,348 10,738 11,741 13,039 13,532 14,042 18,109 21,476 23,482 23,681 26,078 28,084 36,218 43,979 46,964 47,362 52,156 72,436 82,187 87,958 91,273 94,724 152,633 164,374 175,916 182,546 199,597 305,266 307,853 328,748 365,092 399,194 610,532 615,706 798,388 1,068,431 1,231,412 1,397,179 2,136,862 2,594,761 2,794,358 4,273,724 5,189,522 5,588,716 10,379,044 18,163,327 36,326,654 and 72,653,308, with no remainder.

Since 72,653,308 cannot be divided by just 1 and 72,653,308, 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).