Q: Is 60,165,546 a Composite Number?

Why is 60,165,546 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 60,165,546 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 7 14 21 29 42 47 58 87 94 141 174 203 282 329 406 609 658 987 1,051 1,218 1,363 1,974 2,102 2,726 3,153 4,089 6,306 7,357 8,178 9,541 14,714 19,082 22,071 28,623 30,479 44,142 49,397 57,246 60,958 91,437 98,794 148,191 182,874 213,353 296,382 345,779 426,706 640,059 691,558 1,037,337 1,280,118 1,432,513 2,074,674 2,865,026 4,297,539 8,595,078 10,027,591 20,055,182 30,082,773 and 60,165,546, with no remainder.

Since 60,165,546 cannot be divided by just 1 and 60,165,546, 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).