Q: Is 53,130,048 a Composite Number?

Why is 53,130,048 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 53,130,048 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 16 24 32 48 64 96 167 192 334 501 668 1,002 1,336 1,657 2,004 2,672 3,314 4,008 4,971 5,344 6,628 8,016 9,942 10,688 13,256 16,032 19,884 26,512 32,064 39,768 53,024 79,536 106,048 159,072 276,719 318,144 553,438 830,157 1,106,876 1,660,314 2,213,752 3,320,628 4,427,504 6,641,256 8,855,008 13,282,512 17,710,016 26,565,024 and 53,130,048, with no remainder.

Since 53,130,048 cannot be divided by just 1 and 53,130,048, 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).