Q: Is 54,975,840 a Composite Number?

Why is 54,975,840 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 54,975,840 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 12 15 16 20 24 30 32 40 48 53 60 80 96 106 120 159 160 212 240 265 318 424 480 530 636 795 848 1,060 1,272 1,590 1,696 2,120 2,161 2,544 3,180 4,240 4,322 5,088 6,360 6,483 8,480 8,644 10,805 12,720 12,966 17,288 21,610 25,440 25,932 32,415 34,576 43,220 51,864 64,830 69,152 86,440 103,728 114,533 129,660 172,880 207,456 229,066 259,320 343,599 345,760 458,132 518,640 572,665 687,198 916,264 1,037,280 1,145,330 1,374,396 1,717,995 1,832,528 2,290,660 2,748,792 3,435,990 3,665,056 4,581,320 5,497,584 6,871,980 9,162,640 10,995,168 13,743,960 18,325,280 27,487,920 and 54,975,840, with no remainder.

Since 54,975,840 cannot be divided by just 1 and 54,975,840, 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).