Q: Is 61,474,760 a Composite Number?

Why is 61,474,760 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 61,474,760 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 8 10 20 37 40 73 74 146 148 185 292 296 365 370 569 584 730 740 1,138 1,460 1,480 2,276 2,701 2,845 2,920 4,552 5,402 5,690 10,804 11,380 13,505 21,053 21,608 22,760 27,010 41,537 42,106 54,020 83,074 84,212 105,265 108,040 166,148 168,424 207,685 210,530 332,296 415,370 421,060 830,740 842,120 1,536,869 1,661,480 3,073,738 6,147,476 7,684,345 12,294,952 15,368,690 30,737,380 and 61,474,760, with no remainder.

Since 61,474,760 cannot be divided by just 1 and 61,474,760, 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).