Q: Is 73,542,672 a Composite Number?

Why is 73,542,672 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 73,542,672 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 12 14 16 18 21 24 28 36 42 48 56 63 72 84 112 126 144 168 252 336 504 1,008 72,959 145,918 218,877 291,836 437,754 510,713 583,672 656,631 875,508 1,021,426 1,167,344 1,313,262 1,532,139 1,751,016 2,042,852 2,626,524 3,064,278 3,502,032 4,085,704 4,596,417 5,253,048 6,128,556 8,171,408 9,192,834 10,506,096 12,257,112 18,385,668 24,514,224 36,771,336 and 73,542,672, with no remainder.

Since 73,542,672 cannot be divided by just 1 and 73,542,672, 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).