Q: Is 61,440,636 a Composite Number?

Why is 61,440,636 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 61,440,636 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 12 23 31 43 46 62 69 86 92 93 124 129 138 167 172 186 258 276 334 372 501 516 668 713 989 1,002 1,333 1,426 1,978 2,004 2,139 2,666 2,852 2,967 3,841 3,956 3,999 4,278 5,177 5,332 5,934 7,181 7,682 7,998 8,556 10,354 11,523 11,868 14,362 15,364 15,531 15,996 20,708 21,543 23,046 28,724 30,659 31,062 43,086 46,092 61,318 62,124 86,172 91,977 119,071 122,636 165,163 183,954 222,611 238,142 330,326 357,213 367,908 445,222 476,284 495,489 660,652 667,833 714,426 890,444 990,978 1,335,666 1,428,852 1,981,956 2,671,332 5,120,053 10,240,106 15,360,159 20,480,212 30,720,318 and 61,440,636, with no remainder.

Since 61,440,636 cannot be divided by just 1 and 61,440,636, 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).