Q: Is 55,080,828 a Composite Number?

Why is 55,080,828 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 55,080,828 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 9 11 12 18 22 33 36 44 66 99 132 198 367 379 396 734 758 1,101 1,137 1,468 1,516 2,202 2,274 3,303 3,411 4,037 4,169 4,404 4,548 6,606 6,822 8,074 8,338 12,111 12,507 13,212 13,644 16,148 16,676 24,222 25,014 36,333 37,521 48,444 50,028 72,666 75,042 139,093 145,332 150,084 278,186 417,279 556,372 834,558 1,251,837 1,530,023 1,669,116 2,503,674 3,060,046 4,590,069 5,007,348 6,120,092 9,180,138 13,770,207 18,360,276 27,540,414 and 55,080,828, with no remainder.

Since 55,080,828 cannot be divided by just 1 and 55,080,828, 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).