Q: Is 62,671,872 a Composite Number?

Why is 62,671,872 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 62,671,872 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 16 23 24 32 46 48 64 69 92 96 128 138 184 192 256 276 368 384 512 552 736 768 887 1,024 1,104 1,472 1,536 1,774 2,208 2,661 2,944 3,072 3,548 4,416 5,322 5,888 7,096 8,832 10,644 11,776 14,192 17,664 20,401 21,288 23,552 28,384 35,328 40,802 42,576 56,768 61,203 70,656 81,604 85,152 113,536 122,406 163,208 170,304 227,072 244,812 326,416 340,608 454,144 489,624 652,832 681,216 908,288 979,248 1,305,664 1,362,432 1,958,496 2,611,328 2,724,864 3,916,992 5,222,656 7,833,984 10,445,312 15,667,968 20,890,624 31,335,936 and 62,671,872, with no remainder.

Since 62,671,872 cannot be divided by just 1 and 62,671,872, 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).