Q: Is 62,408,844 a Composite Number?

Why is 62,408,844 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 62,408,844 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 9 12 18 19 23 36 38 46 57 69 76 92 114 138 171 207 228 276 342 414 437 684 828 874 1,311 1,748 2,622 3,933 3,967 5,244 7,866 7,934 11,901 15,732 15,868 23,802 35,703 47,604 71,406 75,373 91,241 142,812 150,746 182,482 226,119 273,723 301,492 364,964 452,238 547,446 678,357 821,169 904,476 1,094,892 1,356,714 1,642,338 1,733,579 2,713,428 3,284,676 3,467,158 5,200,737 6,934,316 10,401,474 15,602,211 20,802,948 31,204,422 and 62,408,844, with no remainder.

Since 62,408,844 cannot be divided by just 1 and 62,408,844, 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).