Q: Is 53,354,040 a Composite Number?

Why is 53,354,040 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 53,354,040 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 12 15 20 24 30 40 53 60 106 120 159 212 265 318 424 530 636 795 1,060 1,272 1,590 2,120 3,180 6,360 8,389 16,778 25,167 33,556 41,945 50,334 67,112 83,890 100,668 125,835 167,780 201,336 251,670 335,560 444,617 503,340 889,234 1,006,680 1,333,851 1,778,468 2,223,085 2,667,702 3,556,936 4,446,170 5,335,404 6,669,255 8,892,340 10,670,808 13,338,510 17,784,680 26,677,020 and 53,354,040, with no remainder.

Since 53,354,040 cannot be divided by just 1 and 53,354,040, 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).