Q: Is 60,237,744 a Composite Number?

Why is 60,237,744 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 60,237,744 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 12 14 16 21 24 28 42 48 56 61 84 112 122 168 183 244 336 366 427 488 732 854 976 1,281 1,464 1,708 2,562 2,928 2,939 3,416 5,124 5,878 6,832 8,817 10,248 11,756 17,634 20,496 20,573 23,512 35,268 41,146 47,024 61,719 70,536 82,292 123,438 141,072 164,584 179,279 246,876 329,168 358,558 493,752 537,837 717,116 987,504 1,075,674 1,254,953 1,434,232 2,151,348 2,509,906 2,868,464 3,764,859 4,302,696 5,019,812 7,529,718 8,605,392 10,039,624 15,059,436 20,079,248 30,118,872 and 60,237,744, with no remainder.

Since 60,237,744 cannot be divided by just 1 and 60,237,744, 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).