Q: Is 52,031,772 a Composite Number?

Why is 52,031,772 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 52,031,772 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 9 12 13 18 26 36 39 52 73 78 117 146 156 219 234 292 438 468 657 876 949 1,314 1,523 1,898 2,628 2,847 3,046 3,796 4,569 5,694 6,092 8,541 9,138 11,388 13,707 17,082 18,276 19,799 27,414 34,164 39,598 54,828 59,397 79,196 111,179 118,794 178,191 222,358 237,588 333,537 356,382 444,716 667,074 712,764 1,000,611 1,334,148 1,445,327 2,001,222 2,890,654 4,002,444 4,335,981 5,781,308 8,671,962 13,007,943 17,343,924 26,015,886 and 52,031,772, with no remainder.

Since 52,031,772 cannot be divided by just 1 and 52,031,772, 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).