Q: Is 60,078,672 a Composite Number?

Why is 60,078,672 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 60,078,672 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 24 27 36 48 54 72 81 108 144 151 162 216 302 307 324 432 453 604 614 648 906 921 1,208 1,228 1,296 1,359 1,812 1,842 2,416 2,456 2,718 2,763 3,624 3,684 4,077 4,912 5,436 5,526 7,248 7,368 8,154 8,289 10,872 11,052 12,231 14,736 16,308 16,578 21,744 22,104 24,462 24,867 32,616 33,156 44,208 46,357 48,924 49,734 65,232 66,312 92,714 97,848 99,468 132,624 139,071 185,428 195,696 198,936 278,142 370,856 397,872 417,213 556,284 741,712 834,426 1,112,568 1,251,639 1,668,852 2,225,136 2,503,278 3,337,704 3,754,917 5,006,556 6,675,408 7,509,834 10,013,112 15,019,668 20,026,224 30,039,336 and 60,078,672, with no remainder.

Since 60,078,672 cannot be divided by just 1 and 60,078,672, 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).