Q: Is 60,138,036 a Composite Number?

Why is 60,138,036 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 60,138,036 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 9 12 14 18 21 28 36 42 63 84 126 167 252 334 501 668 1,002 1,169 1,429 1,503 2,004 2,338 2,858 3,006 3,507 4,287 4,676 5,716 6,012 7,014 8,574 10,003 10,521 12,861 14,028 17,148 20,006 21,042 25,722 30,009 40,012 42,084 51,444 60,018 90,027 120,036 180,054 238,643 360,108 477,286 715,929 954,572 1,431,858 1,670,501 2,147,787 2,863,716 3,341,002 4,295,574 5,011,503 6,682,004 8,591,148 10,023,006 15,034,509 20,046,012 30,069,018 and 60,138,036, with no remainder.

Since 60,138,036 cannot be divided by just 1 and 60,138,036, 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).