Q: Is 72,867,072 a Composite Number?

 A: Yes, 72,867,072 is a composite number.

Why is 72,867,072 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 72,867,072 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 16 24 32 48 64 79 96 128 158 192 237 256 316 384 474 632 768 948 1,201 1,264 1,896 2,402 2,528 3,603 3,792 4,804 5,056 7,206 7,584 9,608 10,112 14,412 15,168 19,216 20,224 28,824 30,336 38,432 57,648 60,672 76,864 94,879 115,296 153,728 189,758 230,592 284,637 307,456 379,516 461,184 569,274 759,032 922,368 1,138,548 1,518,064 2,277,096 3,036,128 4,554,192 6,072,256 9,108,384 12,144,512 18,216,768 24,289,024 36,433,536 and 72,867,072, with no remainder.

Since 72,867,072 cannot be divided by just 1 and 72,867,072, 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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