Q: Is 52,344,120 a Composite Number?

Why is 52,344,120 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 52,344,120 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 12 15 20 24 30 31 40 60 62 93 120 124 155 186 248 310 372 465 620 744 930 1,240 1,860 3,720 14,071 28,142 42,213 56,284 70,355 84,426 112,568 140,710 168,852 211,065 281,420 337,704 422,130 436,201 562,840 844,260 872,402 1,308,603 1,688,520 1,744,804 2,181,005 2,617,206 3,489,608 4,362,010 5,234,412 6,543,015 8,724,020 10,468,824 13,086,030 17,448,040 26,172,060 and 52,344,120, with no remainder.

Since 52,344,120 cannot be divided by just 1 and 52,344,120, 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).