Q: Is 55,072,116 a Composite Number?

Why is 55,072,116 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 55,072,116 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 9 11 12 18 22 27 33 36 44 54 66 99 108 132 151 198 297 302 307 396 453 594 604 614 906 921 1,188 1,228 1,359 1,661 1,812 1,842 2,718 2,763 3,322 3,377 3,684 4,077 4,983 5,436 5,526 6,644 6,754 8,154 8,289 9,966 10,131 11,052 13,508 14,949 16,308 16,578 19,932 20,262 29,898 30,393 33,156 40,524 44,847 46,357 59,796 60,786 89,694 91,179 92,714 121,572 139,071 179,388 182,358 185,428 278,142 364,716 417,213 509,927 556,284 834,426 1,019,854 1,251,639 1,529,781 1,668,852 2,039,708 2,503,278 3,059,562 4,589,343 5,006,556 6,119,124 9,178,686 13,768,029 18,357,372 27,536,058 and 55,072,116, with no remainder.

Since 55,072,116 cannot be divided by just 1 and 55,072,116, 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).