Q: Is 53,543,040 a Composite Number?

Why is 53,543,040 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 53,543,040 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 12 15 16 20 24 30 32 40 48 60 64 79 80 96 120 128 158 160 192 237 240 316 320 353 384 395 474 480 632 640 706 790 948 960 1,059 1,185 1,264 1,412 1,580 1,765 1,896 1,920 2,118 2,370 2,528 2,824 3,160 3,530 3,792 4,236 4,740 5,056 5,295 5,648 6,320 7,060 7,584 8,472 9,480 10,112 10,590 11,296 12,640 14,120 15,168 16,944 18,960 21,180 22,592 25,280 27,887 28,240 30,336 33,888 37,920 42,360 45,184 50,560 55,774 56,480 67,776 75,840 83,661 84,720 111,548 112,960 135,552 139,435 151,680 167,322 169,440 223,096 225,920 278,870 334,644 338,880 418,305 446,192 557,740 669,288 677,760 836,610 892,384 1,115,480 1,338,576 1,673,220 1,784,768 2,230,960 2,677,152 3,346,440 3,569,536 4,461,920 5,354,304 6,692,880 8,923,840 10,708,608 13,385,760 17,847,680 26,771,520 and 53,543,040, with no remainder.

Since 53,543,040 cannot be divided by just 1 and 53,543,040, 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).