Q: Is 60,698,232 a Composite Number?

Why is 60,698,232 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 60,698,232 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 12 14 18 21 24 28 36 42 56 63 72 83 84 126 166 168 249 252 332 498 504 581 664 747 996 1,162 1,451 1,494 1,743 1,992 2,324 2,902 2,988 3,486 4,353 4,648 5,229 5,804 5,976 6,972 8,706 10,157 10,458 11,608 13,059 13,944 17,412 20,314 20,916 26,118 30,471 34,824 40,628 41,832 52,236 60,942 81,256 91,413 104,472 120,433 121,884 182,826 240,866 243,768 361,299 365,652 481,732 722,598 731,304 843,031 963,464 1,083,897 1,445,196 1,686,062 2,167,794 2,529,093 2,890,392 3,372,124 4,335,588 5,058,186 6,744,248 7,587,279 8,671,176 10,116,372 15,174,558 20,232,744 30,349,116 and 60,698,232, with no remainder.

Since 60,698,232 cannot be divided by just 1 and 60,698,232, 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).