Q: Is 60,066,066 a Composite Number?

Why is 60,066,066 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 60,066,066 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 17 34 41 51 53 82 102 106 123 159 246 271 318 542 697 813 901 1,394 1,626 1,802 2,091 2,173 2,703 4,182 4,346 4,607 5,406 6,519 9,214 11,111 13,038 13,821 14,363 22,222 27,642 28,726 33,333 36,941 43,089 66,666 73,882 86,178 110,823 188,887 221,646 244,171 377,774 488,342 566,661 588,883 732,513 1,133,322 1,177,766 1,465,026 1,766,649 3,533,298 10,011,011 20,022,022 30,033,033 and 60,066,066, with no remainder.

Since 60,066,066 cannot be divided by just 1 and 60,066,066, 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).