Q: Is 69,230,840 a Composite Number?

Why is 69,230,840 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 69,230,840 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 7 8 10 14 20 28 35 40 56 70 97 140 194 280 388 485 679 776 970 1,358 1,940 2,549 2,716 3,395 3,880 5,098 5,432 6,790 10,196 12,745 13,580 17,843 20,392 25,490 27,160 35,686 50,980 71,372 89,215 101,960 142,744 178,430 247,253 356,860 494,506 713,720 989,012 1,236,265 1,730,771 1,978,024 2,472,530 3,461,542 4,945,060 6,923,084 8,653,855 9,890,120 13,846,168 17,307,710 34,615,420 and 69,230,840, with no remainder.

Since 69,230,840 cannot be divided by just 1 and 69,230,840, 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).