Q: Is 62,272,665 a Composite Number?

Why is 62,272,665 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 62,272,665 can be evenly divided by 1 3 5 7 9 13 15 21 27 35 37 39 45 63 65 91 105 111 117 135 137 185 189 195 259 273 315 333 351 411 455 481 555 585 685 777 819 945 959 999 1,233 1,295 1,365 1,443 1,665 1,755 1,781 2,055 2,331 2,405 2,457 2,877 3,367 3,699 3,885 4,095 4,329 4,795 4,995 5,069 5,343 6,165 6,993 7,215 8,631 8,905 10,101 11,655 12,285 12,467 12,987 14,385 15,207 16,029 16,835 18,495 21,645 25,345 25,893 26,715 30,303 34,965 35,483 37,401 43,155 45,621 48,087 50,505 62,335 64,935 65,897 76,035 80,145 90,909 106,449 112,203 129,465 136,863 151,515 177,415 187,005 197,691 228,105 240,435 319,347 329,485 336,609 454,545 461,279 532,245 561,015 593,073 684,315 958,041 988,455 1,383,837 1,596,735 1,683,045 1,779,219 2,306,395 2,965,365 4,151,511 4,790,205 6,919,185 8,896,095 12,454,533 20,757,555 and 62,272,665, with no remainder.

Since 62,272,665 cannot be divided by just 1 and 62,272,665, 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).