Q: Is 62,507,284 a Composite Number?

Why is 62,507,284 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 62,507,284 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 14 23 28 31 46 62 92 101 124 161 202 217 322 404 434 644 707 713 868 961 1,414 1,426 1,922 2,323 2,828 2,852 3,131 3,844 4,646 4,991 6,262 6,727 9,292 9,982 12,524 13,454 16,261 19,964 21,917 22,103 26,908 32,522 43,834 44,206 65,044 72,013 87,668 88,412 97,061 144,026 154,721 194,122 288,052 309,442 388,244 504,091 618,884 679,427 1,008,182 1,358,854 2,016,364 2,232,403 2,717,708 4,464,806 8,929,612 15,626,821 31,253,642 and 62,507,284, with no remainder.

Since 62,507,284 cannot be divided by just 1 and 62,507,284, 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).