Q: Is 62,408,736 a Composite Number?

Why is 62,408,736 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 62,408,736 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 13 16 18 24 26 32 36 39 48 52 72 78 79 96 104 117 144 156 158 208 211 234 237 288 312 316 416 422 468 474 624 632 633 711 844 936 948 1,027 1,248 1,264 1,266 1,422 1,688 1,872 1,896 1,899 2,054 2,528 2,532 2,743 2,844 3,081 3,376 3,744 3,792 3,798 4,108 5,064 5,486 5,688 6,162 6,752 7,584 7,596 8,216 8,229 9,243 10,128 10,972 11,376 12,324 15,192 16,432 16,458 16,669 18,486 20,256 21,944 22,752 24,648 24,687 30,384 32,864 32,916 33,338 36,972 43,888 49,296 49,374 50,007 60,768 65,832 66,676 73,944 87,776 98,592 98,748 100,014 131,664 133,352 147,888 150,021 197,496 200,028 216,697 263,328 266,704 295,776 300,042 394,992 400,056 433,394 533,408 600,084 650,091 789,984 800,112 866,788 1,200,168 1,300,182 1,600,224 1,733,576 1,950,273 2,400,336 2,600,364 3,467,152 3,900,546 4,800,672 5,200,728 6,934,304 7,801,092 10,401,456 15,602,184 20,802,912 31,204,368 and 62,408,736, with no remainder.

Since 62,408,736 cannot be divided by just 1 and 62,408,736, 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).