Q: Is 75,167,872 a Composite Number?

Why is 75,167,872 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 75,167,872 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 8 13 16 26 32 52 64 104 128 199 208 227 398 416 454 796 832 908 1,592 1,664 1,816 2,587 2,951 3,184 3,632 5,174 5,902 6,368 7,264 10,348 11,804 12,736 14,528 20,696 23,608 25,472 29,056 41,392 45,173 47,216 82,784 90,346 94,432 165,568 180,692 188,864 331,136 361,384 377,728 587,249 722,768 1,174,498 1,445,536 2,348,996 2,891,072 4,697,992 5,782,144 9,395,984 18,791,968 37,583,936 and 75,167,872, with no remainder.

Since 75,167,872 cannot be divided by just 1 and 75,167,872, 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).