Q: Is 62,738,832 a Composite Number?

Why is 62,738,832 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 62,738,832 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 13 16 24 26 29 39 48 52 58 78 87 104 116 156 174 208 232 312 348 377 464 624 696 754 1,131 1,392 1,508 2,262 3,016 3,467 4,524 6,032 6,934 9,048 10,401 13,868 18,096 20,802 27,736 41,604 45,071 55,472 83,208 90,142 100,543 135,213 166,416 180,284 201,086 270,426 301,629 360,568 402,172 540,852 603,258 721,136 804,344 1,081,704 1,206,516 1,307,059 1,608,688 2,163,408 2,413,032 2,614,118 3,921,177 4,826,064 5,228,236 7,842,354 10,456,472 15,684,708 20,912,944 31,369,416 and 62,738,832, with no remainder.

Since 62,738,832 cannot be divided by just 1 and 62,738,832, 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).