Q: Is 69,072,870 a Composite Number?

Why is 69,072,870 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 69,072,870 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 5 6 10 15 17 30 34 51 85 102 167 170 255 334 501 510 811 835 1,002 1,622 1,670 2,433 2,505 2,839 4,055 4,866 5,010 5,678 8,110 8,517 12,165 13,787 14,195 17,034 24,330 27,574 28,390 41,361 42,585 68,935 82,722 85,170 135,437 137,870 206,805 270,874 406,311 413,610 677,185 812,622 1,354,370 2,031,555 2,302,429 4,063,110 4,604,858 6,907,287 11,512,145 13,814,574 23,024,290 34,536,435 and 69,072,870, with no remainder.

Since 69,072,870 cannot be divided by just 1 and 69,072,870, 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).