Q: Is 62,357,232 a Composite Number?

Why is 62,357,232 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 62,357,232 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 12 14 16 21 23 24 28 42 46 48 56 69 84 92 112 138 161 168 184 276 322 336 368 483 552 644 966 1,104 1,288 1,932 2,576 3,864 7,728 8,069 16,138 24,207 32,276 48,414 56,483 64,552 96,828 112,966 129,104 169,449 185,587 193,656 225,932 338,898 371,174 387,312 451,864 556,761 677,796 742,348 903,728 1,113,522 1,299,109 1,355,592 1,484,696 2,227,044 2,598,218 2,711,184 2,969,392 3,897,327 4,454,088 5,196,436 7,794,654 8,908,176 10,392,872 15,589,308 20,785,744 31,178,616 and 62,357,232, with no remainder.

Since 62,357,232 cannot be divided by just 1 and 62,357,232, 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).