Q: Is 60,065,568 a Composite Number?

Why is 60,065,568 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 60,065,568 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 24 32 36 48 72 73 96 144 146 219 288 292 438 584 657 876 1,168 1,314 1,752 2,336 2,628 2,857 3,504 5,256 5,714 7,008 8,571 10,512 11,428 17,142 21,024 22,856 25,713 34,284 45,712 51,426 68,568 91,424 102,852 137,136 205,704 208,561 274,272 411,408 417,122 625,683 822,816 834,244 1,251,366 1,668,488 1,877,049 2,502,732 3,336,976 3,754,098 5,005,464 6,673,952 7,508,196 10,010,928 15,016,392 20,021,856 30,032,784 and 60,065,568, with no remainder.

Since 60,065,568 cannot be divided by just 1 and 60,065,568, 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).