Q: Is 65,223,960 a Composite Number?

Why is 65,223,960 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 65,223,960 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 12 15 19 20 24 30 38 40 57 60 76 95 114 120 152 190 228 285 380 456 570 760 1,140 2,280 28,607 57,214 85,821 114,428 143,035 171,642 228,856 286,070 343,284 429,105 543,533 572,140 686,568 858,210 1,087,066 1,144,280 1,630,599 1,716,420 2,174,132 2,717,665 3,261,198 3,432,840 4,348,264 5,435,330 6,522,396 8,152,995 10,870,660 13,044,792 16,305,990 21,741,320 32,611,980 and 65,223,960, with no remainder.

Since 65,223,960 cannot be divided by just 1 and 65,223,960, 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).