Q: Is 65,702,142 a Composite Number?

Why is 65,702,142 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 65,702,142 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 9 11 18 22 33 66 99 167 198 334 501 1,002 1,503 1,837 1,987 3,006 3,674 3,974 5,511 5,961 11,022 11,922 16,533 17,883 21,857 33,066 35,766 43,714 65,571 131,142 196,713 331,829 393,426 663,658 995,487 1,990,974 2,986,461 3,650,119 5,972,922 7,300,238 10,950,357 21,900,714 32,851,071 and 65,702,142, with no remainder.

Since 65,702,142 cannot be divided by just 1 and 65,702,142, 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).