Q: Is 52,335,440 a Composite Number?

Why is 52,335,440 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 52,335,440 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 8 10 16 20 31 40 47 62 80 94 124 155 188 235 248 310 376 449 470 496 620 752 898 940 1,240 1,457 1,796 1,880 2,245 2,480 2,914 3,592 3,760 4,490 5,828 7,184 7,285 8,980 11,656 13,919 14,570 17,960 21,103 23,312 27,838 29,140 35,920 42,206 55,676 58,280 69,595 84,412 105,515 111,352 116,560 139,190 168,824 211,030 222,704 278,380 337,648 422,060 556,760 654,193 844,120 1,113,520 1,308,386 1,688,240 2,616,772 3,270,965 5,233,544 6,541,930 10,467,088 13,083,860 26,167,720 and 52,335,440, with no remainder.

Since 52,335,440 cannot be divided by just 1 and 52,335,440, 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).