Q: Is 61,252,440 a Composite Number?

Why is 61,252,440 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 61,252,440 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 12 15 20 24 30 40 60 120 347 694 1,041 1,388 1,471 1,735 2,082 2,776 2,942 3,470 4,164 4,413 5,205 5,884 6,940 7,355 8,328 8,826 10,410 11,768 13,880 14,710 17,652 20,820 22,065 29,420 35,304 41,640 44,130 58,840 88,260 176,520 510,437 1,020,874 1,531,311 2,041,748 2,552,185 3,062,622 4,083,496 5,104,370 6,125,244 7,656,555 10,208,740 12,250,488 15,313,110 20,417,480 30,626,220 and 61,252,440, with no remainder.

Since 61,252,440 cannot be divided by just 1 and 61,252,440, 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).