Q: Is 52,435,240 a Composite Number?

Why is 52,435,240 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 52,435,240 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 8 10 11 13 20 22 26 40 44 52 55 65 88 89 103 104 110 130 143 178 206 220 260 286 356 412 440 445 515 520 572 712 715 824 890 979 1,030 1,133 1,144 1,157 1,339 1,430 1,780 1,958 2,060 2,266 2,314 2,678 2,860 3,560 3,916 4,120 4,532 4,628 4,895 5,356 5,665 5,720 5,785 6,695 7,832 9,064 9,167 9,256 9,790 10,712 11,330 11,570 12,727 13,390 14,729 18,334 19,580 22,660 23,140 25,454 26,780 29,458 36,668 39,160 45,320 45,835 46,280 50,908 53,560 58,916 63,635 73,336 73,645 91,670 100,837 101,816 117,832 119,171 127,270 147,290 183,340 201,674 238,342 254,540 294,580 366,680 403,348 476,684 504,185 509,080 589,160 595,855 806,696 953,368 1,008,370 1,191,710 1,310,881 2,016,740 2,383,420 2,621,762 4,033,480 4,766,840 5,243,524 6,554,405 10,487,048 13,108,810 26,217,620 and 52,435,240, with no remainder.

Since 52,435,240 cannot be divided by just 1 and 52,435,240, 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).