Q: Is 54,278,016 a Composite Number?

Why is 54,278,016 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 54,278,016 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 13 16 24 26 32 39 48 52 64 78 83 96 104 128 131 156 166 192 208 249 262 312 332 384 393 416 498 524 624 664 786 832 996 1,048 1,079 1,248 1,328 1,572 1,664 1,703 1,992 2,096 2,158 2,496 2,656 3,144 3,237 3,406 3,984 4,192 4,316 4,992 5,109 5,312 6,288 6,474 6,812 7,968 8,384 8,632 10,218 10,624 10,873 12,576 12,948 13,624 15,936 16,768 17,264 20,436 21,746 25,152 25,896 27,248 31,872 32,619 34,528 40,872 43,492 50,304 51,792 54,496 65,238 69,056 81,744 86,984 103,584 108,992 130,476 138,112 141,349 163,488 173,968 207,168 217,984 260,952 282,698 326,976 347,936 414,336 424,047 521,904 565,396 653,952 695,872 848,094 1,043,808 1,130,792 1,391,744 1,696,188 2,087,616 2,261,584 3,392,376 4,175,232 4,523,168 6,784,752 9,046,336 13,569,504 18,092,672 27,139,008 and 54,278,016, with no remainder.

Since 54,278,016 cannot be divided by just 1 and 54,278,016, 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).