Q: Is 52,670,352 a Composite Number?

Why is 52,670,352 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 52,670,352 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 12 14 16 17 21 24 28 34 42 48 51 56 68 84 102 112 119 136 168 204 238 272 336 357 408 476 714 816 952 1,428 1,904 2,856 5,712 9,221 18,442 27,663 36,884 55,326 64,547 73,768 110,652 129,094 147,536 156,757 193,641 221,304 258,188 313,514 387,282 442,608 470,271 516,376 627,028 774,564 940,542 1,032,752 1,097,299 1,254,056 1,549,128 1,881,084 2,194,598 2,508,112 3,098,256 3,291,897 3,762,168 4,389,196 6,583,794 7,524,336 8,778,392 13,167,588 17,556,784 26,335,176 and 52,670,352, with no remainder.

Since 52,670,352 cannot be divided by just 1 and 52,670,352, 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).