Q: Is 53,341,428 a Composite Number?

Why is 53,341,428 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 53,341,428 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 12 14 21 28 42 47 59 84 94 118 141 177 188 229 236 282 329 354 413 458 564 658 687 708 826 916 987 1,239 1,316 1,374 1,603 1,652 1,974 2,478 2,748 2,773 3,206 3,948 4,809 4,956 5,546 6,412 8,319 9,618 10,763 11,092 13,511 16,638 19,236 19,411 21,526 27,022 32,289 33,276 38,822 40,533 43,052 54,044 58,233 64,578 75,341 77,644 81,066 94,577 116,466 129,156 150,682 162,132 189,154 226,023 232,932 283,731 301,364 378,308 452,046 567,462 635,017 904,092 1,134,924 1,270,034 1,905,051 2,540,068 3,810,102 4,445,119 7,620,204 8,890,238 13,335,357 17,780,476 26,670,714 and 53,341,428, with no remainder.

Since 53,341,428 cannot be divided by just 1 and 53,341,428, 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).