Q: Is 155,551,552 a Composite Number?

Why is 155,551,552 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 155,551,552 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 8 13 16 26 31 32 37 52 62 64 74 104 124 148 163 208 248 296 326 403 416 481 496 592 652 806 832 962 992 1,147 1,184 1,304 1,612 1,924 1,984 2,119 2,294 2,368 2,608 3,224 3,848 4,238 4,588 5,053 5,216 6,031 6,448 7,696 8,476 9,176 10,106 10,432 12,062 12,896 14,911 15,392 16,952 18,352 20,212 24,124 25,792 29,822 30,784 33,904 36,704 40,424 48,248 59,644 65,689 67,808 73,408 78,403 80,848 96,496 119,288 131,378 135,616 156,806 161,696 186,961 192,992 238,576 262,756 313,612 323,392 373,922 385,984 477,152 525,512 627,224 747,844 954,304 1,051,024 1,254,448 1,495,688 2,102,048 2,430,493 2,508,896 2,991,376 4,204,096 4,860,986 5,017,792 5,982,752 9,721,972 11,965,504 19,443,944 38,887,888 77,775,776 and 155,551,552, with no remainder.

Since 155,551,552 cannot be divided by just 1 and 155,551,552, 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).