Q: Is 54,744,768 a Composite Number?

Why is 54,744,768 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 54,744,768 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 13 16 18 24 26 27 32 36 39 48 52 54 64 72 78 96 104 108 117 144 156 192 208 216 234 288 312 351 416 432 468 576 624 702 832 864 936 1,248 1,404 1,728 1,872 2,437 2,496 2,808 3,744 4,874 5,616 7,311 7,488 9,748 11,232 14,622 19,496 21,933 22,464 29,244 31,681 38,992 43,866 58,488 63,362 65,799 77,984 87,732 95,043 116,976 126,724 131,598 155,968 175,464 190,086 233,952 253,448 263,196 285,129 350,928 380,172 467,904 506,896 526,392 570,258 701,856 760,344 855,387 1,013,792 1,052,784 1,140,516 1,403,712 1,520,688 1,710,774 2,027,584 2,105,568 2,281,032 3,041,376 3,421,548 4,211,136 4,562,064 6,082,752 6,843,096 9,124,128 13,686,192 18,248,256 27,372,384 and 54,744,768, with no remainder.

Since 54,744,768 cannot be divided by just 1 and 54,744,768, 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).