Q: Is 51,420,000 a Composite Number?

Why is 51,420,000 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 51,420,000 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 12 15 16 20 24 25 30 32 40 48 50 60 75 80 96 100 120 125 150 160 200 240 250 300 375 400 480 500 600 625 750 800 857 1,000 1,200 1,250 1,500 1,714 1,875 2,000 2,400 2,500 2,571 3,000 3,428 3,750 4,000 4,285 5,000 5,142 6,000 6,856 7,500 8,570 10,000 10,284 12,000 12,855 13,712 15,000 17,140 20,000 20,568 21,425 25,710 27,424 30,000 34,280 41,136 42,850 51,420 60,000 64,275 68,560 82,272 85,700 102,840 107,125 128,550 137,120 171,400 205,680 214,250 257,100 321,375 342,800 411,360 428,500 514,200 535,625 642,750 685,600 857,000 1,028,400 1,071,250 1,285,500 1,606,875 1,714,000 2,056,800 2,142,500 2,571,000 3,213,750 3,428,000 4,285,000 5,142,000 6,427,500 8,570,000 10,284,000 12,855,000 17,140,000 25,710,000 and 51,420,000, with no remainder.

Since 51,420,000 cannot be divided by just 1 and 51,420,000, 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).