Q: Is 63,143,568 a Composite Number?

Why is 63,143,568 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 63,143,568 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 24 36 48 72 144 251 502 753 1,004 1,506 1,747 2,008 2,259 3,012 3,494 4,016 4,518 5,241 6,024 6,988 9,036 10,482 12,048 13,976 15,723 18,072 20,964 27,952 31,446 36,144 41,928 62,892 83,856 125,784 251,568 438,497 876,994 1,315,491 1,753,988 2,630,982 3,507,976 3,946,473 5,261,964 7,015,952 7,892,946 10,523,928 15,785,892 21,047,856 31,571,784 and 63,143,568, with no remainder.

Since 63,143,568 cannot be divided by just 1 and 63,143,568, 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).