Q: Is 28,666,960 a Composite Number?

Why is 28,666,960 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 28,666,960 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 7 8 10 14 16 20 28 35 40 49 56 70 71 80 98 103 112 140 142 196 206 245 280 284 355 392 412 490 497 515 560 568 710 721 784 824 980 994 1,030 1,136 1,420 1,442 1,648 1,960 1,988 2,060 2,485 2,840 2,884 3,479 3,605 3,920 3,976 4,120 4,970 5,047 5,680 5,768 6,958 7,210 7,313 7,952 8,240 9,940 10,094 11,536 13,916 14,420 14,626 17,395 19,880 20,188 25,235 27,832 28,840 29,252 34,790 36,565 39,760 40,376 50,470 51,191 55,664 57,680 58,504 69,580 73,130 80,752 100,940 102,382 117,008 139,160 146,260 201,880 204,764 255,955 278,320 292,520 358,337 403,760 409,528 511,910 585,040 716,674 819,056 1,023,820 1,433,348 1,791,685 2,047,640 2,866,696 3,583,370 4,095,280 5,733,392 7,166,740 14,333,480 and 28,666,960, with no remainder.

Since 28,666,960 cannot be divided by just 1 and 28,666,960, 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).