Q: Is 51,235,080 a Composite Number?

Why is 51,235,080 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 51,235,080 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 12 13 15 20 24 26 30 39 40 52 60 65 78 104 120 130 156 195 260 312 390 520 780 1,560 32,843 65,686 98,529 131,372 164,215 197,058 262,744 328,430 394,116 426,959 492,645 656,860 788,232 853,918 985,290 1,280,877 1,313,720 1,707,836 1,970,580 2,134,795 2,561,754 3,415,672 3,941,160 4,269,590 5,123,508 6,404,385 8,539,180 10,247,016 12,808,770 17,078,360 25,617,540 and 51,235,080, with no remainder.

Since 51,235,080 cannot be divided by just 1 and 51,235,080, 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).