Q: Is 53,272,728 a Composite Number?

Why is 53,272,728 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 53,272,728 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 18 24 27 36 54 72 81 108 162 216 229 324 359 458 648 687 718 916 1,077 1,374 1,436 1,832 2,061 2,154 2,748 2,872 3,231 4,122 4,308 5,496 6,183 6,462 8,244 8,616 9,693 12,366 12,924 16,488 18,549 19,386 24,732 25,848 29,079 37,098 38,772 49,464 58,158 74,196 77,544 82,211 116,316 148,392 164,422 232,632 246,633 328,844 493,266 657,688 739,899 986,532 1,479,798 1,973,064 2,219,697 2,959,596 4,439,394 5,919,192 6,659,091 8,878,788 13,318,182 17,757,576 26,636,364 and 53,272,728, with no remainder.

Since 53,272,728 cannot be divided by just 1 and 53,272,728, 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).