Q: Is 57,731,700 a Composite Number?

Why is 57,731,700 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 57,731,700 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 10 12 13 15 20 25 26 30 39 50 52 60 65 75 78 100 113 130 131 150 156 195 226 260 262 300 325 339 390 393 452 524 565 650 655 678 780 786 975 1,130 1,300 1,310 1,356 1,469 1,572 1,695 1,703 1,950 1,965 2,260 2,620 2,825 2,938 3,275 3,390 3,406 3,900 3,930 4,407 5,109 5,650 5,876 6,550 6,780 6,812 7,345 7,860 8,475 8,515 8,814 9,825 10,218 11,300 13,100 14,690 14,803 16,950 17,030 17,628 19,650 20,436 22,035 25,545 29,380 29,606 33,900 34,060 36,725 39,300 42,575 44,070 44,409 51,090 59,212 73,450 74,015 85,150 88,140 88,818 102,180 110,175 127,725 146,900 148,030 170,300 177,636 192,439 220,350 222,045 255,450 296,060 370,075 384,878 440,700 444,090 510,900 577,317 740,150 769,756 888,180 962,195 1,110,225 1,154,634 1,480,300 1,924,390 2,220,450 2,309,268 2,886,585 3,848,780 4,440,900 4,810,975 5,773,170 9,621,950 11,546,340 14,432,925 19,243,900 28,865,850 and 57,731,700, with no remainder.

Since 57,731,700 cannot be divided by just 1 and 57,731,700, 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).