Q: Is 62,721,840 a Composite Number?

Why is 62,721,840 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 62,721,840 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 12 15 16 17 20 24 30 34 40 48 51 60 68 80 85 102 120 136 170 204 240 255 272 340 408 510 680 816 1,020 1,360 2,040 4,080 15,373 30,746 46,119 61,492 76,865 92,238 122,984 153,730 184,476 230,595 245,968 261,341 307,460 368,952 461,190 522,682 614,920 737,904 784,023 922,380 1,045,364 1,229,840 1,306,705 1,568,046 1,844,760 2,090,728 2,613,410 3,136,092 3,689,520 3,920,115 4,181,456 5,226,820 6,272,184 7,840,230 10,453,640 12,544,368 15,680,460 20,907,280 31,360,920 and 62,721,840, with no remainder.

Since 62,721,840 cannot be divided by just 1 and 62,721,840, 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).