Q: Is 53,346,720 a Composite Number?

Why is 53,346,720 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 53,346,720 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 10 12 14 15 16 20 21 24 28 30 32 35 40 42 48 56 60 70 80 84 96 105 112 120 140 160 168 210 224 240 280 336 420 480 560 672 840 1,120 1,680 3,360 15,877 31,754 47,631 63,508 79,385 95,262 111,139 127,016 158,770 190,524 222,278 238,155 254,032 317,540 333,417 381,048 444,556 476,310 508,064 555,695 635,080 666,834 762,096 889,112 952,620 1,111,390 1,270,160 1,333,668 1,524,192 1,667,085 1,778,224 1,905,240 2,222,780 2,540,320 2,667,336 3,334,170 3,556,448 3,810,480 4,445,560 5,334,672 6,668,340 7,620,960 8,891,120 10,669,344 13,336,680 17,782,240 26,673,360 and 53,346,720, with no remainder.

Since 53,346,720 cannot be divided by just 1 and 53,346,720, 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).