Q: Is 62,589,624 a Composite Number?

Why is 62,589,624 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 62,589,624 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 23 24 46 69 71 92 138 142 184 213 276 284 426 552 568 852 1,597 1,633 1,704 3,194 3,266 4,791 4,899 6,388 6,532 9,582 9,798 12,776 13,064 19,164 19,596 36,731 38,328 39,192 73,462 110,193 113,387 146,924 220,386 226,774 293,848 340,161 440,772 453,548 680,322 881,544 907,096 1,360,644 2,607,901 2,721,288 5,215,802 7,823,703 10,431,604 15,647,406 20,863,208 31,294,812 and 62,589,624, with no remainder.

Since 62,589,624 cannot be divided by just 1 and 62,589,624, 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).