Q: Is 72,723,552 a Composite Number?

Why is 72,723,552 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 72,723,552 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 11 12 16 17 22 24 32 33 34 44 48 51 66 68 88 96 102 132 136 176 187 204 264 272 352 374 408 528 544 561 748 816 1,056 1,122 1,496 1,632 2,244 2,992 4,051 4,488 5,984 8,102 8,976 12,153 16,204 17,952 24,306 32,408 44,561 48,612 64,816 68,867 89,122 97,224 129,632 133,683 137,734 178,244 194,448 206,601 267,366 275,468 356,488 388,896 413,202 534,732 550,936 712,976 757,537 826,404 1,069,464 1,101,872 1,425,952 1,515,074 1,652,808 2,138,928 2,203,744 2,272,611 3,030,148 3,305,616 4,277,856 4,545,222 6,060,296 6,611,232 9,090,444 12,120,592 18,180,888 24,241,184 36,361,776 and 72,723,552, with no remainder.

Since 72,723,552 cannot be divided by just 1 and 72,723,552, 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).