Q: Is 60,165,168 a Composite Number?

Why is 60,165,168 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 60,165,168 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 12 14 16 21 24 28 42 48 56 84 112 168 241 336 482 723 743 964 1,446 1,486 1,687 1,928 2,229 2,892 2,972 3,374 3,856 4,458 5,061 5,201 5,784 5,944 6,748 8,916 10,122 10,402 11,568 11,888 13,496 15,603 17,832 20,244 20,804 26,992 31,206 35,664 40,488 41,608 62,412 80,976 83,216 124,824 179,063 249,648 358,126 537,189 716,252 1,074,378 1,253,441 1,432,504 2,148,756 2,506,882 2,865,008 3,760,323 4,297,512 5,013,764 7,520,646 8,595,024 10,027,528 15,041,292 20,055,056 30,082,584 and 60,165,168, with no remainder.

Since 60,165,168 cannot be divided by just 1 and 60,165,168, 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).