Q: Is 57,426,624 a Composite Number?

Why is 57,426,624 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 57,426,624 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 24 27 32 36 48 54 64 72 96 108 144 167 192 199 216 288 334 398 432 501 576 597 668 796 864 1,002 1,194 1,336 1,503 1,592 1,728 1,791 2,004 2,388 2,672 3,006 3,184 3,582 4,008 4,509 4,776 5,344 5,373 6,012 6,368 7,164 8,016 9,018 9,552 10,688 10,746 12,024 12,736 14,328 16,032 18,036 19,104 21,492 24,048 28,656 32,064 33,233 36,072 38,208 42,984 48,096 57,312 66,466 72,144 85,968 96,192 99,699 114,624 132,932 144,288 171,936 199,398 265,864 288,576 299,097 343,872 398,796 531,728 598,194 797,592 897,291 1,063,456 1,196,388 1,595,184 1,794,582 2,126,912 2,392,776 3,190,368 3,589,164 4,785,552 6,380,736 7,178,328 9,571,104 14,356,656 19,142,208 28,713,312 and 57,426,624, with no remainder.

Since 57,426,624 cannot be divided by just 1 and 57,426,624, 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).