Q: Is 52,440,336 a Composite Number?

Why is 52,440,336 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 52,440,336 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 13 16 18 24 26 36 39 48 52 72 78 104 109 117 144 156 208 218 234 257 312 327 436 468 514 624 654 771 872 936 981 1,028 1,308 1,417 1,542 1,744 1,872 1,962 2,056 2,313 2,616 2,834 3,084 3,341 3,924 4,112 4,251 4,626 5,232 5,668 6,168 6,682 7,848 8,502 9,252 10,023 11,336 12,336 12,753 13,364 15,696 17,004 18,504 20,046 22,672 25,506 26,728 28,013 30,069 34,008 37,008 40,092 51,012 53,456 56,026 60,138 68,016 80,184 84,039 102,024 112,052 120,276 160,368 168,078 204,048 224,104 240,552 252,117 336,156 364,169 448,208 481,104 504,234 672,312 728,338 1,008,468 1,092,507 1,344,624 1,456,676 2,016,936 2,185,014 2,913,352 3,277,521 4,033,872 4,370,028 5,826,704 6,555,042 8,740,056 13,110,084 17,480,112 26,220,168 and 52,440,336, with no remainder.

Since 52,440,336 cannot be divided by just 1 and 52,440,336, 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).