Q: Is 53,153,016 a Composite Number?

Why is 53,153,016 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 53,153,016 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 12 14 17 21 24 28 34 37 42 51 56 68 74 84 102 111 119 136 148 168 204 222 238 259 296 357 408 444 476 503 518 629 714 777 888 952 1,006 1,036 1,258 1,428 1,509 1,554 1,887 2,012 2,072 2,516 2,856 3,018 3,108 3,521 3,774 4,024 4,403 5,032 6,036 6,216 7,042 7,548 8,551 8,806 10,563 12,072 13,209 14,084 15,096 17,102 17,612 18,611 21,126 25,653 26,418 28,168 34,204 35,224 37,222 42,252 51,306 52,836 55,833 59,857 68,408 74,444 84,504 102,612 105,672 111,666 119,714 130,277 148,888 179,571 205,224 223,332 239,428 260,554 316,387 359,142 390,831 446,664 478,856 521,108 632,774 718,284 781,662 949,161 1,042,216 1,265,548 1,436,568 1,563,324 1,898,322 2,214,709 2,531,096 3,126,648 3,796,644 4,429,418 6,644,127 7,593,288 8,858,836 13,288,254 17,717,672 26,576,508 and 53,153,016, with no remainder.

Since 53,153,016 cannot be divided by just 1 and 53,153,016, 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).