Q: Is 61,601,568 a Composite Number?

Why is 61,601,568 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 61,601,568 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 12 14 16 21 24 28 29 32 42 48 56 58 84 87 96 109 112 116 168 174 203 218 224 232 327 336 348 406 436 464 609 654 672 696 763 812 841 872 928 1,218 1,308 1,392 1,526 1,624 1,682 1,744 2,289 2,436 2,523 2,616 2,784 3,052 3,161 3,248 3,364 3,488 4,578 4,872 5,046 5,232 5,887 6,104 6,322 6,496 6,728 9,156 9,483 9,744 10,092 10,464 11,774 12,208 12,644 13,456 17,661 18,312 18,966 19,488 20,184 22,127 23,548 24,416 25,288 26,912 35,322 36,624 37,932 40,368 44,254 47,096 50,576 66,381 70,644 73,248 75,864 80,736 88,508 91,669 94,192 101,152 132,762 141,288 151,728 177,016 183,338 188,384 265,524 275,007 282,576 303,456 354,032 366,676 531,048 550,014 565,152 641,683 708,064 733,352 1,062,096 1,100,028 1,283,366 1,466,704 1,925,049 2,124,192 2,200,056 2,566,732 2,933,408 3,850,098 4,400,112 5,133,464 7,700,196 8,800,224 10,266,928 15,400,392 20,533,856 30,800,784 and 61,601,568, with no remainder.

Since 61,601,568 cannot be divided by just 1 and 61,601,568, 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).