Q: Is 62,006,672 a Composite Number?

Why is 62,006,672 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 62,006,672 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 8 13 14 16 26 28 37 52 56 74 91 104 112 148 182 208 259 296 364 481 518 592 728 962 1,036 1,151 1,456 1,924 2,072 2,302 3,367 3,848 4,144 4,604 6,734 7,696 8,057 9,208 13,468 14,963 16,114 18,416 26,936 29,926 32,228 42,587 53,872 59,852 64,456 85,174 104,741 119,704 128,912 170,348 209,482 239,408 298,109 340,696 418,964 553,631 596,218 681,392 837,928 1,107,262 1,192,436 1,675,856 2,214,524 2,384,872 3,875,417 4,429,048 4,769,744 7,750,834 8,858,096 15,501,668 31,003,336 and 62,006,672, with no remainder.

Since 62,006,672 cannot be divided by just 1 and 62,006,672, 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).