Q: Is 54,321,624 a Composite Number?

Why is 54,321,624 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 54,321,624 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 12 14 18 21 24 27 28 36 37 42 54 56 63 72 74 84 108 111 126 148 168 189 216 222 252 259 296 333 378 444 504 518 666 756 777 888 971 999 1,036 1,332 1,512 1,554 1,942 1,998 2,072 2,331 2,664 2,913 3,108 3,884 3,996 4,662 5,826 6,216 6,797 6,993 7,768 7,992 8,739 9,324 11,652 13,594 13,986 17,478 18,648 20,391 23,304 26,217 27,188 27,972 34,956 35,927 40,782 52,434 54,376 55,944 61,173 69,912 71,854 81,564 104,868 107,781 122,346 143,708 163,128 183,519 209,736 215,562 244,692 251,489 287,416 323,343 367,038 431,124 489,384 502,978 646,686 734,076 754,467 862,248 970,029 1,005,956 1,293,372 1,468,152 1,508,934 1,940,058 2,011,912 2,263,401 2,586,744 3,017,868 3,880,116 4,526,802 6,035,736 6,790,203 7,760,232 9,053,604 13,580,406 18,107,208 27,160,812 and 54,321,624, with no remainder.

Since 54,321,624 cannot be divided by just 1 and 54,321,624, 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).