Q: Is 53,405,120 a Composite Number?

Why is 53,405,120 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 53,405,120 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 8 10 16 20 32 40 64 80 157 160 314 320 628 785 1,063 1,256 1,570 2,126 2,512 3,140 4,252 5,024 5,315 6,280 8,504 10,048 10,630 12,560 17,008 21,260 25,120 34,016 42,520 50,240 68,032 85,040 166,891 170,080 333,782 340,160 667,564 834,455 1,335,128 1,668,910 2,670,256 3,337,820 5,340,512 6,675,640 10,681,024 13,351,280 26,702,560 and 53,405,120, with no remainder.

Since 53,405,120 cannot be divided by just 1 and 53,405,120, 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).