Q: Is 60,216,168 a Composite Number?

Why is 60,216,168 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 60,216,168 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 19 24 37 38 43 57 74 76 83 86 111 114 129 148 152 166 172 222 228 249 258 296 332 344 444 456 498 516 664 703 817 888 996 1,032 1,406 1,577 1,591 1,634 1,992 2,109 2,451 2,812 3,071 3,154 3,182 3,268 3,569 4,218 4,731 4,773 4,902 5,624 6,142 6,308 6,364 6,536 7,138 8,436 9,213 9,462 9,546 9,804 10,707 12,284 12,616 12,728 14,276 16,872 18,426 18,924 19,092 19,608 21,414 24,568 28,552 30,229 36,852 37,848 38,184 42,828 58,349 60,458 67,811 73,704 85,656 90,687 116,698 120,916 132,053 135,622 175,047 181,374 203,433 233,396 241,832 264,106 271,244 350,094 362,748 396,159 406,866 466,792 528,212 542,488 700,188 725,496 792,318 813,732 1,056,424 1,400,376 1,584,636 1,627,464 2,509,007 3,169,272 5,018,014 7,527,021 10,036,028 15,054,042 20,072,056 30,108,084 and 60,216,168, with no remainder.

Since 60,216,168 cannot be divided by just 1 and 60,216,168, 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).