Q: Is 60,887,580 a Composite Number?

Why is 60,887,580 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 60,887,580 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 10 12 13 15 20 26 30 39 52 60 65 78 130 156 195 251 260 311 390 502 622 753 780 933 1,004 1,244 1,255 1,506 1,555 1,866 2,510 3,012 3,110 3,263 3,732 3,765 4,043 4,665 5,020 6,220 6,526 7,530 8,086 9,330 9,789 12,129 13,052 15,060 16,172 16,315 18,660 19,578 20,215 24,258 32,630 39,156 40,430 48,516 48,945 60,645 65,260 78,061 80,860 97,890 121,290 156,122 195,780 234,183 242,580 312,244 390,305 468,366 780,610 936,732 1,014,793 1,170,915 1,561,220 2,029,586 2,341,830 3,044,379 4,059,172 4,683,660 5,073,965 6,088,758 10,147,930 12,177,516 15,221,895 20,295,860 30,443,790 and 60,887,580, with no remainder.

Since 60,887,580 cannot be divided by just 1 and 60,887,580, 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).