Q: Is 60,715,560 a Composite Number?

Why is 60,715,560 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 60,715,560 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 12 15 20 24 29 30 40 58 60 73 87 116 120 145 146 174 219 232 239 290 292 348 365 435 438 478 580 584 696 717 730 870 876 956 1,095 1,160 1,195 1,434 1,460 1,740 1,752 1,912 2,117 2,190 2,390 2,868 2,920 3,480 3,585 4,234 4,380 4,780 5,736 6,351 6,931 7,170 8,468 8,760 9,560 10,585 12,702 13,862 14,340 16,936 17,447 20,793 21,170 25,404 27,724 28,680 31,755 34,655 34,894 41,586 42,340 50,808 52,341 55,448 63,510 69,310 69,788 83,172 84,680 87,235 103,965 104,682 127,020 138,620 139,576 166,344 174,470 207,930 209,364 254,040 261,705 277,240 348,940 415,860 418,728 505,963 523,410 697,880 831,720 1,011,926 1,046,820 1,517,889 2,023,852 2,093,640 2,529,815 3,035,778 4,047,704 5,059,630 6,071,556 7,589,445 10,119,260 12,143,112 15,178,890 20,238,520 30,357,780 and 60,715,560, with no remainder.

Since 60,715,560 cannot be divided by just 1 and 60,715,560, 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).