Q: Is 765,664,272 a Composite Number?

Why is 765,664,272 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 765,664,272 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 24 27 36 48 54 72 108 144 167 216 334 432 501 668 1,002 1,336 1,503 2,004 2,672 3,006 4,008 4,509 6,012 8,016 9,018 10,613 12,024 18,036 21,226 24,048 31,839 36,072 42,452 63,678 72,144 84,904 95,517 127,356 169,808 191,034 254,712 286,551 382,068 509,424 573,102 764,136 1,146,204 1,528,272 1,772,371 2,292,408 3,544,742 4,584,816 5,317,113 7,089,484 10,634,226 14,178,968 15,951,339 21,268,452 28,357,936 31,902,678 42,536,904 47,854,017 63,805,356 85,073,808 95,708,034 127,610,712 191,416,068 255,221,424 382,832,136 and 765,664,272, with no remainder.

Since 765,664,272 cannot be divided by just 1 and 765,664,272, 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).