Q: Is 551,004,340 a Composite Number?

Why is 551,004,340 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 551,004,340 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 10 17 20 34 68 85 89 131 139 170 178 262 278 340 356 445 524 556 655 695 890 1,310 1,390 1,513 1,780 2,227 2,363 2,620 2,780 3,026 4,454 4,726 6,052 7,565 8,908 9,452 11,135 11,659 11,815 12,371 15,130 18,209 22,270 23,318 23,630 24,742 30,260 36,418 44,540 46,636 47,260 49,484 58,295 61,855 72,836 91,045 116,590 123,710 182,090 198,203 210,307 233,180 247,420 309,553 364,180 396,406 420,614 619,106 792,812 841,228 991,015 1,051,535 1,238,212 1,547,765 1,620,601 1,982,030 2,103,070 3,095,530 3,241,202 3,964,060 4,206,140 6,191,060 6,482,404 8,103,005 16,206,010 27,550,217 32,412,020 55,100,434 110,200,868 137,751,085 275,502,170 and 551,004,340, with no remainder.

Since 551,004,340 cannot be divided by just 1 and 551,004,340, 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).