Q: Is 73,268,832 a Composite Number?

Why is 73,268,832 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 73,268,832 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 12 13 14 16 21 24 26 28 32 39 42 48 52 56 78 84 91 96 104 112 156 168 182 208 224 273 312 336 364 416 546 624 672 728 1,092 1,248 1,456 2,184 2,912 4,368 8,387 8,736 16,774 25,161 33,548 50,322 58,709 67,096 100,644 109,031 117,418 134,192 176,127 201,288 218,062 234,836 268,384 327,093 352,254 402,576 436,124 469,672 654,186 704,508 763,217 805,152 872,248 939,344 1,308,372 1,409,016 1,526,434 1,744,496 1,878,688 2,289,651 2,616,744 2,818,032 3,052,868 3,488,992 4,579,302 5,233,488 5,636,064 6,105,736 9,158,604 10,466,976 12,211,472 18,317,208 24,422,944 36,634,416 and 73,268,832, with no remainder.

Since 73,268,832 cannot be divided by just 1 and 73,268,832, 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).