Q: Is 62,967,552 a Composite Number?

Why is 62,967,552 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 62,967,552 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 16 24 32 48 64 96 128 163 192 256 326 384 489 503 652 768 978 1,006 1,304 1,509 1,956 2,012 2,608 3,018 3,912 4,024 5,216 6,036 7,824 8,048 10,432 12,072 15,648 16,096 20,864 24,144 31,296 32,192 41,728 48,288 62,592 64,384 81,989 96,576 125,184 128,768 163,978 193,152 245,967 327,956 386,304 491,934 655,912 983,868 1,311,824 1,967,736 2,623,648 3,935,472 5,247,296 7,870,944 10,494,592 15,741,888 20,989,184 31,483,776 and 62,967,552, with no remainder.

Since 62,967,552 cannot be divided by just 1 and 62,967,552, 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).