Q: Is 62,163,744 a Composite Number?

Why is 62,163,744 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 62,163,744 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 16 19 24 32 38 48 57 76 96 114 152 173 197 228 304 346 394 456 519 591 608 692 788 912 1,038 1,182 1,384 1,576 1,824 2,076 2,364 2,768 3,152 3,287 3,743 4,152 4,728 5,536 6,304 6,574 7,486 8,304 9,456 9,861 11,229 13,148 14,972 16,608 18,912 19,722 22,458 26,296 29,944 34,081 39,444 44,916 52,592 59,888 68,162 78,888 89,832 102,243 105,184 119,776 136,324 157,776 179,664 204,486 272,648 315,552 359,328 408,972 545,296 647,539 817,944 1,090,592 1,295,078 1,635,888 1,942,617 2,590,156 3,271,776 3,885,234 5,180,312 7,770,468 10,360,624 15,540,936 20,721,248 31,081,872 and 62,163,744, with no remainder.

Since 62,163,744 cannot be divided by just 1 and 62,163,744, 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).