Q: Is 55,168,672 a Composite Number?

Why is 55,168,672 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 55,168,672 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 8 13 16 17 26 29 32 34 52 58 68 104 116 136 208 221 232 269 272 377 416 442 464 493 538 544 754 884 928 986 1,076 1,508 1,768 1,972 2,152 3,016 3,497 3,536 3,944 4,304 4,573 6,032 6,409 6,994 7,072 7,801 7,888 8,608 9,146 12,064 12,818 13,988 15,602 15,776 18,292 25,636 27,976 31,204 36,584 51,272 55,952 59,449 62,408 73,168 101,413 102,544 111,904 118,898 124,816 132,617 146,336 202,826 205,088 237,796 249,632 265,234 405,652 475,592 530,468 811,304 951,184 1,060,936 1,622,608 1,724,021 1,902,368 2,121,872 3,245,216 3,448,042 4,243,744 6,896,084 13,792,168 27,584,336 and 55,168,672, with no remainder.

Since 55,168,672 cannot be divided by just 1 and 55,168,672, 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).