Q: Is 60,252,504 a Composite Number?

Why is 60,252,504 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 60,252,504 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 13 24 26 39 52 78 104 113 156 226 312 339 452 678 904 1,356 1,469 1,709 2,712 2,938 3,418 4,407 5,127 5,876 6,836 8,814 10,254 11,752 13,672 17,628 20,508 22,217 35,256 41,016 44,434 66,651 88,868 133,302 177,736 193,117 266,604 386,234 533,208 579,351 772,468 1,158,702 1,544,936 2,317,404 2,510,521 4,634,808 5,021,042 7,531,563 10,042,084 15,063,126 20,084,168 30,126,252 and 60,252,504, with no remainder.

Since 60,252,504 cannot be divided by just 1 and 60,252,504, 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).