Q: Is 72,724,736 a Composite Number?

 A: Yes, 72,724,736 is a composite number.

Why is 72,724,736 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 72,724,736 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 8 14 16 28 32 56 64 112 128 224 256 448 896 1,792 40,583 81,166 162,332 284,081 324,664 568,162 649,328 1,136,324 1,298,656 2,272,648 2,597,312 4,545,296 5,194,624 9,090,592 10,389,248 18,181,184 36,362,368 and 72,724,736, with no remainder.

Since 72,724,736 cannot be divided by just 1 and 72,724,736, it is a composite number.


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  • All positive natural numbers are either a prime number or a composite number (except the number 1, which is neither).

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