Q: Is 64,740,624 a Composite Number?

Why is 64,740,624 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 64,740,624 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 13 16 17 24 26 34 39 48 51 52 68 78 102 104 136 156 204 208 221 272 289 312 359 408 442 578 624 663 718 816 867 884 1,077 1,156 1,326 1,436 1,734 1,768 2,154 2,312 2,652 2,872 3,468 3,536 3,757 4,308 4,624 4,667 5,304 5,744 6,103 6,936 7,514 8,616 9,334 10,608 11,271 12,206 13,872 14,001 15,028 17,232 18,309 18,668 22,542 24,412 28,002 30,056 36,618 37,336 45,084 48,824 56,004 60,112 73,236 74,672 79,339 90,168 97,648 103,751 112,008 146,472 158,678 180,336 207,502 224,016 238,017 292,944 311,253 317,356 415,004 476,034 622,506 634,712 830,008 952,068 1,245,012 1,269,424 1,348,763 1,660,016 1,904,136 2,490,024 2,697,526 3,808,272 4,046,289 4,980,048 5,395,052 8,092,578 10,790,104 16,185,156 21,580,208 32,370,312 and 64,740,624, with no remainder.

Since 64,740,624 cannot be divided by just 1 and 64,740,624, 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).