Q: Is 60,344,480 a Composite Number?

Why is 60,344,480 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 60,344,480 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 7 8 10 14 16 20 28 32 35 40 43 49 56 70 80 86 98 112 140 160 172 179 196 215 224 245 280 301 344 358 392 430 490 560 602 688 716 784 860 895 980 1,120 1,204 1,253 1,376 1,432 1,505 1,568 1,720 1,790 1,960 2,107 2,408 2,506 2,864 3,010 3,440 3,580 3,920 4,214 4,816 5,012 5,728 6,020 6,265 6,880 7,160 7,697 7,840 8,428 8,771 9,632 10,024 10,535 12,040 12,530 14,320 15,394 16,856 17,542 20,048 21,070 24,080 25,060 28,640 30,788 33,712 35,084 38,485 40,096 42,140 43,855 48,160 50,120 53,879 61,576 67,424 70,168 76,970 84,280 87,710 100,240 107,758 123,152 140,336 153,940 168,560 175,420 200,480 215,516 246,304 269,395 280,672 307,880 337,120 350,840 377,153 431,032 538,790 615,760 701,680 754,306 862,064 1,077,580 1,231,520 1,403,360 1,508,612 1,724,128 1,885,765 2,155,160 3,017,224 3,771,530 4,310,320 6,034,448 7,543,060 8,620,640 12,068,896 15,086,120 30,172,240 and 60,344,480, with no remainder.

Since 60,344,480 cannot be divided by just 1 and 60,344,480, 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).