Q: Is 60,887,778 a Composite Number?

Why is 60,887,778 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 60,887,778 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 7 14 17 21 34 42 51 53 102 106 119 159 238 318 357 371 714 742 901 1,113 1,609 1,802 2,226 2,703 3,218 4,827 5,406 6,307 9,654 11,263 12,614 18,921 22,526 27,353 33,789 37,842 54,706 67,578 82,059 85,277 164,118 170,554 191,471 255,831 382,942 511,662 574,413 596,939 1,148,826 1,193,878 1,449,709 1,790,817 2,899,418 3,581,634 4,349,127 8,698,254 10,147,963 20,295,926 30,443,889 and 60,887,778, with no remainder.

Since 60,887,778 cannot be divided by just 1 and 60,887,778, 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).