Q: Is 60,939,560 a Composite Number?

Why is 60,939,560 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 60,939,560 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 8 10 11 17 20 22 34 40 44 55 68 85 88 110 136 170 187 220 340 374 440 680 748 935 1,496 1,870 3,740 7,480 8,147 16,294 32,588 40,735 65,176 81,470 89,617 138,499 162,940 179,234 276,998 325,880 358,468 448,085 553,996 692,495 716,936 896,170 1,107,992 1,384,990 1,523,489 1,792,340 2,769,980 3,046,978 3,584,680 5,539,960 6,093,956 7,617,445 12,187,912 15,234,890 30,469,780 and 60,939,560, with no remainder.

Since 60,939,560 cannot be divided by just 1 and 60,939,560, 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).