Q: Is 60,001,568 a Composite Number?

Why is 60,001,568 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 60,001,568 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 8 11 16 17 22 32 34 37 44 68 74 88 136 148 176 187 271 272 296 352 374 407 542 544 592 629 748 814 1,084 1,184 1,258 1,496 1,628 2,168 2,516 2,981 2,992 3,256 4,336 4,607 5,032 5,962 5,984 6,512 6,919 8,672 9,214 10,027 10,064 11,924 13,024 13,838 18,428 20,054 20,128 23,848 27,676 36,856 40,108 47,696 50,677 55,352 73,712 80,216 95,392 101,354 110,297 110,704 147,424 160,432 170,459 202,708 220,594 221,408 320,864 340,918 405,416 441,188 681,836 810,832 882,376 1,363,672 1,621,664 1,764,752 1,875,049 2,727,344 3,529,504 3,750,098 5,454,688 7,500,196 15,000,392 30,000,784 and 60,001,568, with no remainder.

Since 60,001,568 cannot be divided by just 1 and 60,001,568, 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).