Q: Is 63,879,408 a Composite Number?

Why is 63,879,408 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 63,879,408 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 24 27 36 48 54 67 72 108 134 144 201 216 268 402 432 536 603 804 1,072 1,206 1,608 1,809 2,207 2,412 3,216 3,618 4,414 4,824 6,621 7,236 8,828 9,648 13,242 14,472 17,656 19,863 26,484 28,944 35,312 39,726 52,968 59,589 79,452 105,936 119,178 147,869 158,904 238,356 295,738 317,808 443,607 476,712 591,476 887,214 953,424 1,182,952 1,330,821 1,774,428 2,365,904 2,661,642 3,548,856 3,992,463 5,323,284 7,097,712 7,984,926 10,646,568 15,969,852 21,293,136 31,939,704 and 63,879,408, with no remainder.

Since 63,879,408 cannot be divided by just 1 and 63,879,408, 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).