Q: Is 552,067,632 a Composite Number?

Why is 552,067,632 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 552,067,632 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 24 36 48 72 144 227 454 681 908 1,362 1,816 2,043 2,724 3,632 4,086 5,448 8,172 10,896 16,344 16,889 32,688 33,778 50,667 67,556 101,334 135,112 152,001 202,668 270,224 304,002 405,336 608,004 810,672 1,216,008 2,432,016 3,833,803 7,667,606 11,501,409 15,335,212 23,002,818 30,670,424 34,504,227 46,005,636 61,340,848 69,008,454 92,011,272 138,016,908 184,022,544 276,033,816 and 552,067,632, with no remainder.

Since 552,067,632 cannot be divided by just 1 and 552,067,632, 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).