Q: Is 52,672,720 a Composite Number?

Why is 52,672,720 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 52,672,720 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 8 10 16 20 31 40 62 67 80 124 134 155 248 268 310 317 335 496 536 620 634 670 1,072 1,240 1,268 1,340 1,585 2,077 2,480 2,536 2,680 3,170 4,154 5,072 5,360 6,340 8,308 9,827 10,385 12,680 16,616 19,654 20,770 21,239 25,360 33,232 39,308 41,540 42,478 49,135 78,616 83,080 84,956 98,270 106,195 157,232 166,160 169,912 196,540 212,390 339,824 393,080 424,780 658,409 786,160 849,560 1,316,818 1,699,120 2,633,636 3,292,045 5,267,272 6,584,090 10,534,544 13,168,180 26,336,360 and 52,672,720, with no remainder.

Since 52,672,720 cannot be divided by just 1 and 52,672,720, 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).