Q: Is 53,982,480 a Composite Number?

Why is 53,982,480 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 53,982,480 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 12 15 16 17 20 24 30 34 40 48 51 60 68 80 85 101 102 120 131 136 170 202 204 240 255 262 272 303 340 393 404 408 505 510 524 606 655 680 786 808 816 1,010 1,020 1,048 1,212 1,310 1,360 1,515 1,572 1,616 1,717 1,965 2,020 2,040 2,096 2,227 2,424 2,620 3,030 3,144 3,434 3,930 4,040 4,080 4,454 4,848 5,151 5,240 6,060 6,288 6,681 6,868 7,860 8,080 8,585 8,908 10,302 10,480 11,135 12,120 13,231 13,362 13,736 15,720 17,170 17,816 20,604 22,270 24,240 25,755 26,462 26,724 27,472 31,440 33,405 34,340 35,632 39,693 41,208 44,540 51,510 52,924 53,448 66,155 66,810 68,680 79,386 82,416 89,080 103,020 105,848 106,896 132,310 133,620 137,360 158,772 178,160 198,465 206,040 211,696 224,927 264,620 267,240 317,544 396,930 412,080 449,854 529,240 534,480 635,088 674,781 793,860 899,708 1,058,480 1,124,635 1,349,562 1,587,720 1,799,416 2,249,270 2,699,124 3,175,440 3,373,905 3,598,832 4,498,540 5,398,248 6,747,810 8,997,080 10,796,496 13,495,620 17,994,160 26,991,240 and 53,982,480, with no remainder.

Since 53,982,480 cannot be divided by just 1 and 53,982,480, 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).