Q: Is 52,340,736 a Composite Number?

Why is 52,340,736 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 52,340,736 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 12 14 16 21 24 28 32 42 48 56 64 84 96 112 128 168 192 224 256 336 384 448 512 672 768 896 1,024 1,217 1,344 1,536 1,792 2,048 2,434 2,688 3,072 3,584 3,651 4,868 5,376 6,144 7,168 7,302 8,519 9,736 10,752 14,336 14,604 17,038 19,472 21,504 25,557 29,208 34,076 38,944 43,008 51,114 58,416 68,152 77,888 102,228 116,832 136,304 155,776 204,456 233,664 272,608 311,552 408,912 467,328 545,216 623,104 817,824 934,656 1,090,432 1,246,208 1,635,648 1,869,312 2,180,864 2,492,416 3,271,296 3,738,624 4,361,728 6,542,592 7,477,248 8,723,456 13,085,184 17,446,912 26,170,368 and 52,340,736, with no remainder.

Since 52,340,736 cannot be divided by just 1 and 52,340,736, 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).