Q: Is 53,036,340 a Composite Number?

Why is 53,036,340 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 53,036,340 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 10 12 14 15 20 21 28 30 35 42 60 70 84 105 140 197 210 394 420 591 641 788 985 1,182 1,282 1,379 1,923 1,970 2,364 2,564 2,758 2,955 3,205 3,846 3,940 4,137 4,487 5,516 5,910 6,410 6,895 7,692 8,274 8,974 9,615 11,820 12,820 13,461 13,790 16,548 17,948 19,230 20,685 22,435 26,922 27,580 38,460 41,370 44,870 53,844 67,305 82,740 89,740 126,277 134,610 252,554 269,220 378,831 505,108 631,385 757,662 883,939 1,262,770 1,515,324 1,767,878 1,894,155 2,525,540 2,651,817 3,535,756 3,788,310 4,419,695 5,303,634 7,576,620 8,839,390 10,607,268 13,259,085 17,678,780 26,518,170 and 53,036,340, with no remainder.

Since 53,036,340 cannot be divided by just 1 and 53,036,340, 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).