Q: Is 60,439,248 a Composite Number?

Why is 60,439,248 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 60,439,248 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 24 29 36 41 48 58 72 82 87 116 123 144 164 174 232 246 261 328 348 353 369 464 492 522 656 696 706 738 984 1,044 1,059 1,189 1,392 1,412 1,476 1,968 2,088 2,118 2,378 2,824 2,952 3,177 3,567 4,176 4,236 4,756 5,648 5,904 6,354 7,134 8,472 9,512 10,237 10,701 12,708 14,268 14,473 16,944 19,024 20,474 21,402 25,416 28,536 28,946 30,711 40,948 42,804 43,419 50,832 57,072 57,892 61,422 81,896 85,608 86,838 92,133 115,784 122,844 130,257 163,792 171,216 173,676 184,266 231,568 245,688 260,514 347,352 368,532 419,717 491,376 521,028 694,704 737,064 839,434 1,042,056 1,259,151 1,474,128 1,678,868 2,084,112 2,518,302 3,357,736 3,777,453 5,036,604 6,715,472 7,554,906 10,073,208 15,109,812 20,146,416 30,219,624 and 60,439,248, with no remainder.

Since 60,439,248 cannot be divided by just 1 and 60,439,248, 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).