Q: Is 62,178,270 a Composite Number?

Why is 62,178,270 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 62,178,270 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 5 6 7 10 11 14 15 21 22 30 33 35 42 55 66 70 77 105 110 121 154 165 210 231 242 330 363 385 462 605 726 770 847 1,155 1,210 1,694 1,815 2,310 2,447 2,541 3,630 4,235 4,894 5,082 7,341 8,470 12,235 12,705 14,682 17,129 24,470 25,410 26,917 34,258 36,705 51,387 53,834 73,410 80,751 85,645 102,774 134,585 161,502 171,290 188,419 256,935 269,170 296,087 376,838 403,755 513,870 565,257 592,174 807,510 888,261 942,095 1,130,514 1,480,435 1,776,522 1,884,190 2,072,609 2,826,285 2,960,870 4,145,218 4,441,305 5,652,570 6,217,827 8,882,610 10,363,045 12,435,654 20,726,090 31,089,135 and 62,178,270, with no remainder.

Since 62,178,270 cannot be divided by just 1 and 62,178,270, 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).