Q: Is 73,765,872 a Composite Number?

Why is 73,765,872 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 73,765,872 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 24 36 48 72 144 281 562 843 1,124 1,686 1,823 2,248 2,529 3,372 3,646 4,496 5,058 5,469 6,744 7,292 10,116 10,938 13,488 14,584 16,407 20,232 21,876 29,168 32,814 40,464 43,752 65,628 87,504 131,256 262,512 512,263 1,024,526 1,536,789 2,049,052 3,073,578 4,098,104 4,610,367 6,147,156 8,196,208 9,220,734 12,294,312 18,441,468 24,588,624 36,882,936 and 73,765,872, with no remainder.

Since 73,765,872 cannot be divided by just 1 and 73,765,872, 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).