Q: Is 73,766,672 a Composite Number?

Why is 73,766,672 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 73,766,672 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 8 14 16 17 28 34 43 53 56 68 86 106 112 119 136 172 212 238 272 289 301 344 371 424 476 578 602 688 731 742 848 901 952 1,156 1,204 1,462 1,484 1,802 1,904 2,023 2,279 2,312 2,408 2,924 2,968 3,604 4,046 4,558 4,624 4,816 5,117 5,848 5,936 6,307 7,208 8,092 9,116 10,234 11,696 12,427 12,614 14,416 15,317 15,953 16,184 18,232 20,468 24,854 25,228 30,634 31,906 32,368 36,464 38,743 40,936 49,708 50,456 61,268 63,812 77,486 81,872 86,989 99,416 100,912 107,219 122,536 127,624 154,972 173,978 198,832 214,438 245,072 255,248 271,201 309,944 347,956 428,876 542,402 619,888 658,631 695,912 857,752 1,084,804 1,317,262 1,391,824 1,715,504 2,169,608 2,634,524 4,339,216 4,610,417 5,269,048 9,220,834 10,538,096 18,441,668 36,883,336 and 73,766,672, with no remainder.

Since 73,766,672 cannot be divided by just 1 and 73,766,672, 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).