Q: Is 55,053,040 a Composite Number?

Why is 55,053,040 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 55,053,040 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 7 8 10 14 16 20 28 35 37 40 56 70 74 80 112 140 148 185 259 280 296 370 518 560 592 740 1,036 1,295 1,480 2,072 2,590 2,657 2,960 4,144 5,180 5,314 10,360 10,628 13,285 18,599 20,720 21,256 26,570 37,198 42,512 53,140 74,396 92,995 98,309 106,280 148,792 185,990 196,618 212,560 297,584 371,980 393,236 491,545 688,163 743,960 786,472 983,090 1,376,326 1,487,920 1,572,944 1,966,180 2,752,652 3,440,815 3,932,360 5,505,304 6,881,630 7,864,720 11,010,608 13,763,260 27,526,520 and 55,053,040, with no remainder.

Since 55,053,040 cannot be divided by just 1 and 55,053,040, 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).