Q: Is 66,315,060 a Composite Number?

Why is 66,315,060 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 66,315,060 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 9 10 12 14 15 18 20 21 28 30 35 36 42 45 60 63 70 84 90 105 126 140 180 210 252 315 420 630 1,260 52,631 105,262 157,893 210,524 263,155 315,786 368,417 473,679 526,310 631,572 736,834 789,465 947,358 1,052,620 1,105,251 1,473,668 1,578,930 1,842,085 1,894,716 2,210,502 2,368,395 3,157,860 3,315,753 3,684,170 4,421,004 4,736,790 5,526,255 6,631,506 7,368,340 9,473,580 11,052,510 13,263,012 16,578,765 22,105,020 33,157,530 and 66,315,060, with no remainder.

Since 66,315,060 cannot be divided by just 1 and 66,315,060, 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).