Q: Is 60,534,942 a Composite Number?

Why is 60,534,942 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 60,534,942 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 13 23 26 39 41 46 69 78 82 123 138 246 299 533 598 823 897 943 1,066 1,599 1,646 1,794 1,886 2,469 2,829 3,198 4,938 5,658 10,699 12,259 18,929 21,398 24,518 32,097 33,743 36,777 37,858 56,787 64,194 67,486 73,554 101,229 113,574 202,458 246,077 438,659 492,154 738,231 776,089 877,318 1,315,977 1,476,462 1,552,178 2,328,267 2,631,954 4,656,534 10,089,157 20,178,314 30,267,471 and 60,534,942, with no remainder.

Since 60,534,942 cannot be divided by just 1 and 60,534,942, 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).