Q: Is 72,808,800 a Composite Number?

Why is 72,808,800 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 72,808,800 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 12 15 16 20 23 24 25 30 32 40 46 48 50 60 69 75 80 92 96 100 115 120 138 150 160 184 200 230 240 276 300 345 368 400 460 480 552 575 600 690 736 800 920 1,104 1,150 1,200 1,319 1,380 1,725 1,840 2,208 2,300 2,400 2,638 2,760 3,450 3,680 3,957 4,600 5,276 5,520 6,595 6,900 7,914 9,200 10,552 11,040 13,190 13,800 15,828 18,400 19,785 21,104 26,380 27,600 30,337 31,656 32,975 39,570 42,208 52,760 55,200 60,674 63,312 65,950 79,140 91,011 98,925 105,520 121,348 126,624 131,900 151,685 158,280 182,022 197,850 211,040 242,696 263,800 303,370 316,560 364,044 395,700 455,055 485,392 527,600 606,740 633,120 728,088 758,425 791,400 910,110 970,784 1,055,200 1,213,480 1,456,176 1,516,850 1,582,800 1,820,220 2,275,275 2,426,960 2,912,352 3,033,700 3,165,600 3,640,440 4,550,550 4,853,920 6,067,400 7,280,880 9,101,100 12,134,800 14,561,760 18,202,200 24,269,600 36,404,400 and 72,808,800, with no remainder.

Since 72,808,800 cannot be divided by just 1 and 72,808,800, 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).