Q: Is 62,071,704 a Composite Number?

Why is 62,071,704 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 62,071,704 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 18 24 27 36 41 43 54 72 82 86 108 123 129 163 164 172 216 246 258 326 328 344 369 387 489 492 516 652 738 774 978 984 1,032 1,107 1,161 1,304 1,467 1,476 1,548 1,763 1,956 2,214 2,322 2,934 2,952 3,096 3,526 3,912 4,401 4,428 4,644 5,289 5,868 6,683 7,009 7,052 8,802 8,856 9,288 10,578 11,736 13,366 14,018 14,104 15,867 17,604 20,049 21,027 21,156 26,732 28,036 31,734 35,208 40,098 42,054 42,312 47,601 53,464 56,072 60,147 63,081 63,468 80,196 84,108 95,202 120,294 126,162 126,936 160,392 168,216 180,441 189,243 190,404 240,588 252,324 287,369 360,882 378,486 380,808 481,176 504,648 574,738 721,764 756,972 862,107 1,149,476 1,443,528 1,513,944 1,724,214 2,298,952 2,586,321 3,448,428 5,172,642 6,896,856 7,758,963 10,345,284 15,517,926 20,690,568 31,035,852 and 62,071,704, with no remainder.

Since 62,071,704 cannot be divided by just 1 and 62,071,704, 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).