Q: Is 53,440,520 a Composite Number?

Why is 53,440,520 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 53,440,520 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 7 8 10 14 17 20 28 34 35 40 56 68 70 85 103 109 119 136 140 170 206 218 238 280 340 412 436 476 515 545 595 680 721 763 824 872 952 1,030 1,090 1,190 1,442 1,526 1,751 1,853 2,060 2,180 2,380 2,884 3,052 3,502 3,605 3,706 3,815 4,120 4,360 4,760 5,768 6,104 7,004 7,210 7,412 7,630 8,755 9,265 11,227 12,257 12,971 14,008 14,420 14,824 15,260 17,510 18,530 22,454 24,514 25,942 28,840 30,520 35,020 37,060 44,908 49,028 51,884 56,135 61,285 64,855 70,040 74,120 78,589 89,816 98,056 103,768 112,270 122,570 129,710 157,178 190,859 224,540 245,140 259,420 314,356 381,718 392,945 449,080 490,280 518,840 628,712 763,436 785,890 954,295 1,336,013 1,526,872 1,571,780 1,908,590 2,672,026 3,143,560 3,817,180 5,344,052 6,680,065 7,634,360 10,688,104 13,360,130 26,720,260 and 53,440,520, with no remainder.

Since 53,440,520 cannot be divided by just 1 and 53,440,520, 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).