Q: Is 72,677,010 a Composite Number?

Why is 72,677,010 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 72,677,010 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 5 6 7 10 14 15 21 23 30 35 41 42 46 69 70 82 105 115 123 138 161 205 210 230 246 287 322 345 367 410 483 574 615 690 734 805 861 943 966 1,101 1,230 1,435 1,610 1,722 1,835 1,886 2,202 2,415 2,569 2,829 2,870 3,670 4,305 4,715 4,830 5,138 5,505 5,658 6,601 7,707 8,441 8,610 9,430 11,010 12,845 13,202 14,145 15,047 15,414 16,882 19,803 25,323 25,690 28,290 30,094 33,005 38,535 39,606 42,205 45,141 50,646 59,087 66,010 75,235 77,070 84,410 90,282 99,015 105,329 118,174 126,615 150,470 177,261 198,030 210,658 225,705 253,230 295,435 315,987 346,081 354,522 451,410 526,645 590,870 631,974 692,162 886,305 1,038,243 1,053,290 1,579,935 1,730,405 1,772,610 2,076,486 2,422,567 3,159,870 3,460,810 4,845,134 5,191,215 7,267,701 10,382,430 12,112,835 14,535,402 24,225,670 36,338,505 and 72,677,010, with no remainder.

Since 72,677,010 cannot be divided by just 1 and 72,677,010, 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).