Q: Is 72,832,800 a Composite Number?

Why is 72,832,800 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 72,832,800 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 12 15 16 20 24 25 30 32 40 48 50 60 75 80 96 100 120 150 160 200 240 300 400 480 600 800 1,200 2,400 30,347 60,694 91,041 121,388 151,735 182,082 242,776 303,470 364,164 455,205 485,552 606,940 728,328 758,675 910,410 971,104 1,213,880 1,456,656 1,517,350 1,820,820 2,276,025 2,427,760 2,913,312 3,034,700 3,641,640 4,552,050 4,855,520 6,069,400 7,283,280 9,104,100 12,138,800 14,566,560 18,208,200 24,277,600 36,416,400 and 72,832,800, with no remainder.

Since 72,832,800 cannot be divided by just 1 and 72,832,800, 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).