Q: Is 52,335,504 a Composite Number?

Why is 52,335,504 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 52,335,504 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 13 16 18 24 26 27 36 39 48 52 54 72 78 104 108 117 144 156 208 216 234 312 351 432 468 624 702 936 1,404 1,872 2,808 5,616 9,319 18,638 27,957 37,276 55,914 74,552 83,871 111,828 121,147 149,104 167,742 223,656 242,294 251,613 335,484 363,441 447,312 484,588 503,226 670,968 726,882 969,176 1,006,452 1,090,323 1,341,936 1,453,764 1,938,352 2,012,904 2,180,646 2,907,528 3,270,969 4,025,808 4,361,292 5,815,056 6,541,938 8,722,584 13,083,876 17,445,168 26,167,752 and 52,335,504, with no remainder.

Since 52,335,504 cannot be divided by just 1 and 52,335,504, 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).