Q: Is 55,120,560 a Composite Number?

Why is 55,120,560 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 55,120,560 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 11 12 15 16 20 22 24 30 33 40 44 48 55 60 66 80 88 110 120 132 165 176 220 240 264 330 440 528 660 880 1,320 2,640 20,879 41,758 62,637 83,516 104,395 125,274 167,032 208,790 229,669 250,548 313,185 334,064 417,580 459,338 501,096 626,370 689,007 835,160 918,676 1,002,192 1,148,345 1,252,740 1,378,014 1,670,320 1,837,352 2,296,690 2,505,480 2,756,028 3,445,035 3,674,704 4,593,380 5,010,960 5,512,056 6,890,070 9,186,760 11,024,112 13,780,140 18,373,520 27,560,280 and 55,120,560, with no remainder.

Since 55,120,560 cannot be divided by just 1 and 55,120,560, 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).