Q: Is 54,424,344 a Composite Number?

Why is 54,424,344 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 54,424,344 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 13 17 24 26 31 34 39 51 52 62 68 78 93 102 104 124 136 156 186 204 221 248 312 331 372 403 408 442 527 662 663 744 806 884 993 1,054 1,209 1,324 1,326 1,581 1,612 1,768 1,986 2,108 2,418 2,648 2,652 3,162 3,224 3,972 4,216 4,303 4,836 5,304 5,627 6,324 6,851 7,944 8,606 9,672 10,261 11,254 12,648 12,909 13,702 16,881 17,212 20,522 20,553 22,508 25,818 27,404 30,783 33,762 34,424 41,044 41,106 45,016 51,636 54,808 61,566 67,524 73,151 82,088 82,212 103,272 123,132 133,393 135,048 146,302 164,424 174,437 219,453 246,264 266,786 292,604 348,874 400,179 438,906 523,311 533,572 585,208 697,748 800,358 877,812 1,046,622 1,067,144 1,395,496 1,600,716 1,755,624 2,093,244 2,267,681 3,201,432 4,186,488 4,535,362 6,803,043 9,070,724 13,606,086 18,141,448 27,212,172 and 54,424,344, with no remainder.

Since 54,424,344 cannot be divided by just 1 and 54,424,344, 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).