Q: Is 60,415,362 a Composite Number?

Why is 60,415,362 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 60,415,362 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 7 9 14 18 21 27 42 54 63 126 189 277 378 554 577 831 1,154 1,662 1,731 1,939 2,493 3,462 3,878 4,039 4,986 5,193 5,817 7,479 8,078 10,386 11,634 12,117 14,958 15,579 17,451 24,234 31,158 34,902 36,351 52,353 72,702 104,706 109,053 159,829 218,106 319,658 479,487 958,974 1,118,803 1,438,461 2,237,606 2,876,922 3,356,409 4,315,383 6,712,818 8,630,766 10,069,227 20,138,454 30,207,681 and 60,415,362, with no remainder.

Since 60,415,362 cannot be divided by just 1 and 60,415,362, 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).