Q: Is 58,497,960 a Composite Number?

Why is 58,497,960 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 58,497,960 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 12 15 19 20 24 30 38 40 57 60 76 95 114 120 152 190 228 285 380 456 570 760 1,140 2,280 25,657 51,314 76,971 102,628 128,285 153,942 205,256 256,570 307,884 384,855 487,483 513,140 615,768 769,710 974,966 1,026,280 1,462,449 1,539,420 1,949,932 2,437,415 2,924,898 3,078,840 3,899,864 4,874,830 5,849,796 7,312,245 9,749,660 11,699,592 14,624,490 19,499,320 29,248,980 and 58,497,960, with no remainder.

Since 58,497,960 cannot be divided by just 1 and 58,497,960, 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).