Q: Is 54,842,034 a Composite Number?

Why is 54,842,034 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 54,842,034 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 13 17 26 34 39 51 59 78 102 118 177 221 354 442 663 701 767 1,003 1,326 1,402 1,534 2,006 2,103 2,301 3,009 4,206 4,602 6,018 9,113 11,917 13,039 18,226 23,834 26,078 27,339 35,751 39,117 41,359 54,678 71,502 78,234 82,718 124,077 154,921 248,154 309,842 464,763 537,667 703,103 929,526 1,075,334 1,406,206 1,613,001 2,109,309 3,226,002 4,218,618 9,140,339 18,280,678 27,421,017 and 54,842,034, with no remainder.

Since 54,842,034 cannot be divided by just 1 and 54,842,034, 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).