Q: Is 55,120,230 a Composite Number?

Why is 55,120,230 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 55,120,230 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 5 6 9 10 11 15 18 22 27 30 33 45 54 55 66 67 90 99 110 134 135 165 198 201 270 277 297 330 335 402 495 554 594 603 670 737 831 990 1,005 1,206 1,385 1,474 1,485 1,662 1,809 2,010 2,211 2,493 2,770 2,970 3,015 3,047 3,618 3,685 4,155 4,422 4,986 6,030 6,094 6,633 7,370 7,479 8,310 9,045 9,141 11,055 12,465 13,266 14,958 15,235 18,090 18,282 18,559 19,899 22,110 24,930 27,423 30,470 33,165 37,118 37,395 39,798 45,705 54,846 55,677 66,330 74,790 82,269 91,410 92,795 99,495 111,354 137,115 164,538 167,031 185,590 198,990 204,149 274,230 278,385 334,062 408,298 411,345 501,093 556,770 612,447 822,690 835,155 1,002,186 1,020,745 1,224,894 1,670,310 1,837,341 2,041,490 2,505,465 3,062,235 3,674,682 5,010,930 5,512,023 6,124,470 9,186,705 11,024,046 18,373,410 27,560,115 and 55,120,230, with no remainder.

Since 55,120,230 cannot be divided by just 1 and 55,120,230, 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).