Q: Is 52,321,464 a Composite Number?

Why is 52,321,464 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 52,321,464 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 13 18 24 26 27 36 39 52 54 72 78 81 104 108 117 156 162 216 234 312 324 351 468 648 702 936 1,053 1,404 2,106 2,808 4,212 6,211 8,424 12,422 18,633 24,844 37,266 49,688 55,899 74,532 80,743 111,798 149,064 161,486 167,697 223,596 242,229 322,972 335,394 447,192 484,458 503,091 645,944 670,788 726,687 968,916 1,006,182 1,341,576 1,453,374 1,937,832 2,012,364 2,180,061 2,906,748 4,024,728 4,360,122 5,813,496 6,540,183 8,720,244 13,080,366 17,440,488 26,160,732 and 52,321,464, with no remainder.

Since 52,321,464 cannot be divided by just 1 and 52,321,464, 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).