Q: Is 60,346,158 a Composite Number?

Why is 60,346,158 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 60,346,158 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 17 23 29 34 46 51 58 69 87 102 138 174 391 493 667 782 887 986 1,173 1,334 1,479 1,774 2,001 2,346 2,661 2,958 4,002 5,322 11,339 15,079 20,401 22,678 25,723 30,158 34,017 40,802 45,237 51,446 61,203 68,034 77,169 90,474 122,406 154,338 346,817 437,291 591,629 693,634 874,582 1,040,451 1,183,258 1,311,873 1,774,887 2,080,902 2,623,746 3,549,774 10,057,693 20,115,386 30,173,079 and 60,346,158, with no remainder.

Since 60,346,158 cannot be divided by just 1 and 60,346,158, 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).