Q: Is 53,121,152 a Composite Number?

Why is 53,121,152 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 53,121,152 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 8 14 16 28 32 56 64 101 112 128 202 224 404 448 587 707 808 896 1,174 1,414 1,616 2,348 2,828 3,232 4,109 4,696 5,656 6,464 8,218 9,392 11,312 12,928 16,436 18,784 22,624 32,872 37,568 45,248 59,287 65,744 75,136 90,496 118,574 131,488 237,148 262,976 415,009 474,296 525,952 830,018 948,592 1,660,036 1,897,184 3,320,072 3,794,368 6,640,144 7,588,736 13,280,288 26,560,576 and 53,121,152, with no remainder.

Since 53,121,152 cannot be divided by just 1 and 53,121,152, 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).