Q: Is 62,628,768 a Composite Number?

Why is 62,628,768 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 62,628,768 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 24 27 32 36 48 54 72 96 108 144 173 216 288 346 419 432 519 692 838 864 1,038 1,257 1,384 1,557 1,676 2,076 2,514 2,768 3,114 3,352 3,771 4,152 4,671 5,028 5,536 6,228 6,704 7,542 8,304 9,342 10,056 11,313 12,456 13,408 15,084 16,608 18,684 20,112 22,626 24,912 30,168 37,368 40,224 45,252 49,824 60,336 72,487 74,736 90,504 120,672 144,974 149,472 181,008 217,461 289,948 362,016 434,922 579,896 652,383 869,844 1,159,792 1,304,766 1,739,688 1,957,149 2,319,584 2,609,532 3,479,376 3,914,298 5,219,064 6,958,752 7,828,596 10,438,128 15,657,192 20,876,256 31,314,384 and 62,628,768, with no remainder.

Since 62,628,768 cannot be divided by just 1 and 62,628,768, 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).