Q: Is 52,001,964 a Composite Number?

Why is 52,001,964 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 52,001,964 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 9 12 14 18 21 28 36 42 43 63 84 86 126 129 172 252 258 301 387 516 602 774 903 1,204 1,548 1,806 2,709 3,612 4,799 5,418 9,598 10,836 14,397 19,196 28,794 33,593 43,191 57,588 67,186 86,382 100,779 134,372 172,764 201,558 206,357 302,337 403,116 412,714 604,674 619,071 825,428 1,209,348 1,238,142 1,444,499 1,857,213 2,476,284 2,888,998 3,714,426 4,333,497 5,777,996 7,428,852 8,666,994 13,000,491 17,333,988 26,000,982 and 52,001,964, with no remainder.

Since 52,001,964 cannot be divided by just 1 and 52,001,964, 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).