Q: Is 60,532,056 a Composite Number?

Why is 60,532,056 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 60,532,056 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 13 18 24 26 27 36 39 52 54 72 78 104 108 117 156 216 234 312 351 468 702 936 1,404 2,808 21,557 43,114 64,671 86,228 129,342 172,456 194,013 258,684 280,241 388,026 517,368 560,482 582,039 776,052 840,723 1,120,964 1,164,078 1,552,104 1,681,446 2,241,928 2,328,156 2,522,169 3,362,892 4,656,312 5,044,338 6,725,784 7,566,507 10,088,676 15,133,014 20,177,352 30,266,028 and 60,532,056, with no remainder.

Since 60,532,056 cannot be divided by just 1 and 60,532,056, 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).