Q: Is 53,214,408 a Composite Number?

Why is 53,214,408 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 53,214,408 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 13 18 24 26 27 36 39 52 54 72 78 81 104 108 117 156 162 216 234 312 324 351 468 648 702 936 1,053 1,404 2,106 2,808 4,212 6,317 8,424 12,634 18,951 25,268 37,902 50,536 56,853 75,804 82,121 113,706 151,608 164,242 170,559 227,412 246,363 328,484 341,118 454,824 492,726 511,677 656,968 682,236 739,089 985,452 1,023,354 1,364,472 1,478,178 1,970,904 2,046,708 2,217,267 2,956,356 4,093,416 4,434,534 5,912,712 6,651,801 8,869,068 13,303,602 17,738,136 26,607,204 and 53,214,408, with no remainder.

Since 53,214,408 cannot be divided by just 1 and 53,214,408, 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).