Q: Is 72,741,300 a Composite Number?

Why is 72,741,300 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 72,741,300 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 10 12 15 17 20 25 30 34 50 51 60 68 75 85 100 102 150 170 204 255 289 300 340 425 510 578 839 850 867 1,020 1,156 1,275 1,445 1,678 1,700 1,734 2,517 2,550 2,890 3,356 3,468 4,195 4,335 5,034 5,100 5,780 7,225 8,390 8,670 10,068 12,585 14,263 14,450 16,780 17,340 20,975 21,675 25,170 28,526 28,900 41,950 42,789 43,350 50,340 57,052 62,925 71,315 83,900 85,578 86,700 125,850 142,630 171,156 213,945 242,471 251,700 285,260 356,575 427,890 484,942 713,150 727,413 855,780 969,884 1,069,725 1,212,355 1,426,300 1,454,826 2,139,450 2,424,710 2,909,652 3,637,065 4,278,900 4,849,420 6,061,775 7,274,130 12,123,550 14,548,260 18,185,325 24,247,100 36,370,650 and 72,741,300, with no remainder.

Since 72,741,300 cannot be divided by just 1 and 72,741,300, 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).