Q: Is 62,740,230 a Composite Number?

Why is 62,740,230 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 62,740,230 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 5 6 7 10 14 15 21 30 35 42 70 105 167 210 334 501 835 1,002 1,169 1,670 1,789 2,338 2,505 3,507 3,578 5,010 5,367 5,845 7,014 8,945 10,734 11,690 12,523 17,535 17,890 25,046 26,835 35,070 37,569 53,670 62,615 75,138 125,230 187,845 298,763 375,690 597,526 896,289 1,493,815 1,792,578 2,091,341 2,987,630 4,182,682 4,481,445 6,274,023 8,962,890 10,456,705 12,548,046 20,913,410 31,370,115 and 62,740,230, with no remainder.

Since 62,740,230 cannot be divided by just 1 and 62,740,230, 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).