Q: Is 55,001,016 a Composite Number?

Why is 55,001,016 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 55,001,016 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 12 14 18 21 24 28 36 42 56 61 63 72 84 122 126 168 183 244 252 366 427 488 504 549 732 854 1,098 1,281 1,464 1,708 1,789 2,196 2,562 3,416 3,578 3,843 4,392 5,124 5,367 7,156 7,686 10,248 10,734 12,523 14,312 15,372 16,101 21,468 25,046 30,744 32,202 37,569 42,936 50,092 64,404 75,138 100,184 109,129 112,707 128,808 150,276 218,258 225,414 300,552 327,387 436,516 450,828 654,774 763,903 873,032 901,656 982,161 1,309,548 1,527,806 1,964,322 2,291,709 2,619,096 3,055,612 3,928,644 4,583,418 6,111,224 6,875,127 7,857,288 9,166,836 13,750,254 18,333,672 27,500,508 and 55,001,016, with no remainder.

Since 55,001,016 cannot be divided by just 1 and 55,001,016, 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).