Q: Is 62,572,560 a Composite Number?

Why is 62,572,560 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 62,572,560 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 12 15 16 20 24 30 40 41 48 60 80 82 120 123 164 205 240 246 328 410 492 615 656 820 984 1,230 1,640 1,968 2,460 3,280 4,920 6,359 9,840 12,718 19,077 25,436 31,795 38,154 50,872 63,590 76,308 95,385 101,744 127,180 152,616 190,770 254,360 260,719 305,232 381,540 508,720 521,438 763,080 782,157 1,042,876 1,303,595 1,526,160 1,564,314 2,085,752 2,607,190 3,128,628 3,910,785 4,171,504 5,214,380 6,257,256 7,821,570 10,428,760 12,514,512 15,643,140 20,857,520 31,286,280 and 62,572,560, with no remainder.

Since 62,572,560 cannot be divided by just 1 and 62,572,560, 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).