Q: Is 54,421,542 a Composite Number?

Why is 54,421,542 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 54,421,542 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 7 9 14 18 21 23 42 46 63 69 89 126 138 161 178 207 211 267 322 414 422 483 534 623 633 801 966 1,246 1,266 1,449 1,477 1,602 1,869 1,899 2,047 2,898 2,954 3,738 3,798 4,094 4,431 4,853 5,607 6,141 8,862 9,706 11,214 12,282 13,293 14,329 14,559 18,423 18,779 26,586 28,658 29,118 33,971 36,846 37,558 42,987 43,677 56,337 67,942 85,974 87,354 101,913 112,674 128,961 131,453 169,011 203,826 257,922 262,906 305,739 338,022 394,359 431,917 611,478 788,718 863,834 1,183,077 1,295,751 2,366,154 2,591,502 3,023,419 3,887,253 6,046,838 7,774,506 9,070,257 18,140,514 27,210,771 and 54,421,542, with no remainder.

Since 54,421,542 cannot be divided by just 1 and 54,421,542, 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).