Q: Is 62,637,732 a Composite Number?

Why is 62,637,732 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 62,637,732 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 9 12 18 27 31 36 53 54 62 93 106 108 124 159 186 212 279 318 353 372 477 558 636 706 837 954 1,059 1,116 1,412 1,431 1,643 1,674 1,908 2,118 2,862 3,177 3,286 3,348 4,236 4,929 5,724 6,354 6,572 9,531 9,858 10,943 12,708 14,787 18,709 19,062 19,716 21,886 29,574 32,829 37,418 38,124 43,772 44,361 56,127 59,148 65,658 74,836 88,722 98,487 112,254 131,316 168,381 177,444 196,974 224,508 295,461 336,762 393,948 505,143 579,979 590,922 673,524 1,010,286 1,159,958 1,181,844 1,739,937 2,020,572 2,319,916 3,479,874 5,219,811 6,959,748 10,439,622 15,659,433 20,879,244 31,318,866 and 62,637,732, with no remainder.

Since 62,637,732 cannot be divided by just 1 and 62,637,732, 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).