Q: Is 60,456,780 a Composite Number?

Why is 60,456,780 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 60,456,780 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 9 10 12 15 18 20 27 30 36 45 54 60 67 81 90 108 134 135 162 180 201 268 270 324 335 402 405 540 557 603 670 804 810 1,005 1,114 1,206 1,340 1,620 1,671 1,809 2,010 2,228 2,412 2,785 3,015 3,342 3,618 4,020 5,013 5,427 5,570 6,030 6,684 7,236 8,355 9,045 10,026 10,854 11,140 12,060 15,039 16,710 18,090 20,052 21,708 25,065 27,135 30,078 33,420 36,180 37,319 45,117 50,130 54,270 60,156 74,638 75,195 90,234 100,260 108,540 111,957 149,276 150,390 180,468 186,595 223,914 225,585 300,780 335,871 373,190 447,828 451,170 559,785 671,742 746,380 902,340 1,007,613 1,119,570 1,343,484 1,679,355 2,015,226 2,239,140 3,022,839 3,358,710 4,030,452 5,038,065 6,045,678 6,717,420 10,076,130 12,091,356 15,114,195 20,152,260 30,228,390 and 60,456,780, with no remainder.

Since 60,456,780 cannot be divided by just 1 and 60,456,780, 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).