Q: Is 75,831,672 a Composite Number?

Why is 75,831,672 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 75,831,672 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 12 14 21 24 28 42 56 67 84 134 168 201 268 402 469 536 804 938 1,407 1,608 1,876 2,814 3,752 5,628 6,737 11,256 13,474 20,211 26,948 40,422 47,159 53,896 80,844 94,318 141,477 161,688 188,636 282,954 377,272 451,379 565,908 902,758 1,131,816 1,354,137 1,805,516 2,708,274 3,159,653 3,611,032 5,416,548 6,319,306 9,478,959 10,833,096 12,638,612 18,957,918 25,277,224 37,915,836 and 75,831,672, with no remainder.

Since 75,831,672 cannot be divided by just 1 and 75,831,672, 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).