Q: Is 54,240,000 a Composite Number?

Why is 54,240,000 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 54,240,000 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 12 15 16 20 24 25 30 32 40 48 50 60 64 75 80 96 100 113 120 125 128 150 160 192 200 226 240 250 256 300 320 339 375 384 400 452 480 500 565 600 625 640 678 750 768 800 904 960 1,000 1,130 1,200 1,250 1,280 1,356 1,500 1,600 1,695 1,808 1,875 1,920 2,000 2,260 2,400 2,500 2,712 2,825 3,000 3,200 3,390 3,616 3,750 3,840 4,000 4,520 4,800 5,000 5,424 5,650 6,000 6,400 6,780 7,232 7,500 8,000 8,475 9,040 9,600 10,000 10,848 11,300 12,000 13,560 14,125 14,464 15,000 16,000 16,950 18,080 19,200 20,000 21,696 22,600 24,000 27,120 28,250 28,928 30,000 32,000 33,900 36,160 40,000 42,375 43,392 45,200 48,000 54,240 56,500 60,000 67,800 70,625 72,320 80,000 84,750 86,784 90,400 96,000 108,480 113,000 120,000 135,600 141,250 144,640 160,000 169,500 180,800 211,875 216,960 226,000 240,000 271,200 282,500 339,000 361,600 423,750 433,920 452,000 480,000 542,400 565,000 678,000 723,200 847,500 904,000 1,084,800 1,130,000 1,356,000 1,695,000 1,808,000 2,169,600 2,260,000 2,712,000 3,390,000 3,616,000 4,520,000 5,424,000 6,780,000 9,040,000 10,848,000 13,560,000 18,080,000 27,120,000 and 54,240,000, with no remainder.

Since 54,240,000 cannot be divided by just 1 and 54,240,000, 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).