Q: Is 60,481,902 a Composite Number?

Why is 60,481,902 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 60,481,902 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 13 19 26 37 38 39 57 74 78 111 114 222 247 481 494 703 741 962 1,103 1,406 1,443 1,482 2,109 2,206 2,886 3,309 4,218 6,618 9,139 14,339 18,278 20,957 27,417 28,678 40,811 41,914 43,017 54,834 62,871 81,622 86,034 122,433 125,742 244,866 272,441 530,543 544,882 775,409 817,323 1,061,086 1,550,818 1,591,629 1,634,646 2,326,227 3,183,258 4,652,454 10,080,317 20,160,634 30,240,951 and 60,481,902, with no remainder.

Since 60,481,902 cannot be divided by just 1 and 60,481,902, 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).