Q: Is 62,467,344 a Composite Number?

Why is 62,467,344 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 62,467,344 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 24 36 48 72 144 461 922 941 1,383 1,844 1,882 2,766 2,823 3,688 3,764 4,149 5,532 5,646 7,376 7,528 8,298 8,469 11,064 11,292 15,056 16,596 16,938 22,128 22,584 33,192 33,876 45,168 66,384 67,752 135,504 433,801 867,602 1,301,403 1,735,204 2,602,806 3,470,408 3,904,209 5,205,612 6,940,816 7,808,418 10,411,224 15,616,836 20,822,448 31,233,672 and 62,467,344, with no remainder.

Since 62,467,344 cannot be divided by just 1 and 62,467,344, 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).