Q: Is 67,427,472 a Composite Number?

Why is 67,427,472 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 67,427,472 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 12 14 16 21 24 28 42 48 56 73 84 112 146 168 219 292 336 438 511 584 876 1,022 1,168 1,533 1,752 2,044 2,749 3,066 3,504 4,088 5,498 6,132 8,176 8,247 10,996 12,264 16,494 19,243 21,992 24,528 32,988 38,486 43,984 57,729 65,976 76,972 115,458 131,952 153,944 200,677 230,916 307,888 401,354 461,832 602,031 802,708 923,664 1,204,062 1,404,739 1,605,416 2,408,124 2,809,478 3,210,832 4,214,217 4,816,248 5,618,956 8,428,434 9,632,496 11,237,912 16,856,868 22,475,824 33,713,736 and 67,427,472, with no remainder.

Since 67,427,472 cannot be divided by just 1 and 67,427,472, 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).