Q: Is 54,431,352 a Composite Number?

Why is 54,431,352 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 54,431,352 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 18 19 24 27 36 38 54 57 72 76 81 108 114 152 162 171 216 228 324 342 456 513 648 684 1,026 1,368 1,539 2,052 3,078 4,104 4,421 6,156 8,842 12,312 13,263 17,684 26,526 35,368 39,789 53,052 79,578 83,999 106,104 119,367 159,156 167,998 238,734 251,997 318,312 335,996 358,101 477,468 503,994 671,992 716,202 755,991 954,936 1,007,988 1,432,404 1,511,982 2,015,976 2,267,973 2,864,808 3,023,964 4,535,946 6,047,928 6,803,919 9,071,892 13,607,838 18,143,784 27,215,676 and 54,431,352, with no remainder.

Since 54,431,352 cannot be divided by just 1 and 54,431,352, 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).