Q: Is 54,421,224 a Composite Number?

Why is 54,421,224 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 54,421,224 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 11 12 13 22 24 26 33 39 44 52 66 78 88 101 104 132 143 156 157 202 264 286 303 312 314 404 429 471 572 606 628 808 858 942 1,111 1,144 1,212 1,256 1,313 1,716 1,727 1,884 2,041 2,222 2,424 2,626 3,333 3,432 3,454 3,768 3,939 4,082 4,444 5,181 5,252 6,123 6,666 6,908 7,878 8,164 8,888 10,362 10,504 12,246 13,332 13,816 14,443 15,756 15,857 16,328 20,724 22,451 24,492 26,664 28,886 31,512 31,714 41,448 43,329 44,902 47,571 48,984 57,772 63,428 67,353 86,658 89,804 95,142 115,544 126,856 134,706 173,316 174,427 179,608 190,284 206,141 269,412 346,632 348,854 380,568 412,282 523,281 538,824 618,423 697,708 824,564 1,046,562 1,236,846 1,395,416 1,649,128 2,093,124 2,267,551 2,473,692 4,186,248 4,535,102 4,947,384 6,802,653 9,070,204 13,605,306 18,140,408 27,210,612 and 54,421,224, with no remainder.

Since 54,421,224 cannot be divided by just 1 and 54,421,224, 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).