Q: Is 60,236,680 a Composite Number?

Why is 60,236,680 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 60,236,680 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 7 8 10 14 20 28 35 40 49 56 70 73 98 140 146 196 245 280 292 365 392 421 490 511 584 730 842 980 1,022 1,460 1,684 1,960 2,044 2,105 2,555 2,920 2,947 3,368 3,577 4,088 4,210 5,110 5,894 7,154 8,420 10,220 11,788 14,308 14,735 16,840 17,885 20,440 20,629 23,576 28,616 29,470 30,733 35,770 41,258 58,940 61,466 71,540 82,516 103,145 117,880 122,932 143,080 153,665 165,032 206,290 215,131 245,864 307,330 412,580 430,262 614,660 825,160 860,524 1,075,655 1,229,320 1,505,917 1,721,048 2,151,310 3,011,834 4,302,620 6,023,668 7,529,585 8,605,240 12,047,336 15,059,170 30,118,340 and 60,236,680, with no remainder.

Since 60,236,680 cannot be divided by just 1 and 60,236,680, 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).