Q: Is 67,506,642 a Composite Number?

Why is 67,506,642 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 67,506,642 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 7 9 14 18 21 27 42 54 63 126 189 271 378 542 659 813 1,318 1,626 1,897 1,977 2,439 3,794 3,954 4,613 4,878 5,691 5,931 7,317 9,226 11,382 11,862 13,839 14,634 17,073 17,793 27,678 34,146 35,586 41,517 51,219 83,034 102,438 124,551 178,589 249,102 357,178 535,767 1,071,534 1,250,123 1,607,301 2,500,246 3,214,602 3,750,369 4,821,903 7,500,738 9,643,806 11,251,107 22,502,214 33,753,321 and 67,506,642, with no remainder.

Since 67,506,642 cannot be divided by just 1 and 67,506,642, 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).