Q: Is 69,664,572 a Composite Number?

Why is 69,664,572 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 69,664,572 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 9 12 17 18 34 36 51 68 89 102 153 178 204 267 306 356 534 612 801 1,068 1,279 1,513 1,602 2,558 3,026 3,204 3,837 4,539 5,116 6,052 7,674 9,078 11,511 13,617 15,348 18,156 21,743 23,022 27,234 43,486 46,044 54,468 65,229 86,972 113,831 130,458 195,687 227,662 260,916 341,493 391,374 455,324 682,986 782,748 1,024,479 1,365,972 1,935,127 2,048,958 3,870,254 4,097,916 5,805,381 7,740,508 11,610,762 17,416,143 23,221,524 34,832,286 and 69,664,572, with no remainder.

Since 69,664,572 cannot be divided by just 1 and 69,664,572, 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).