Q: Is 69,361,728 a Composite Number?

Why is 69,361,728 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 69,361,728 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 16 24 32 48 64 96 192 241 482 723 964 1,446 1,499 1,928 2,892 2,998 3,856 4,497 5,784 5,996 7,712 8,994 11,568 11,992 15,424 17,988 23,136 23,984 35,976 46,272 47,968 71,952 95,936 143,904 287,808 361,259 722,518 1,083,777 1,445,036 2,167,554 2,890,072 4,335,108 5,780,144 8,670,216 11,560,288 17,340,432 23,120,576 34,680,864 and 69,361,728, with no remainder.

Since 69,361,728 cannot be divided by just 1 and 69,361,728, 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).