Q: Is 55,217,040 a Composite Number?

Why is 55,217,040 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 55,217,040 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 12 15 16 19 20 24 30 38 40 48 57 60 76 80 95 114 120 152 190 228 240 285 304 380 456 570 760 912 1,140 1,520 2,280 4,560 12,109 24,218 36,327 48,436 60,545 72,654 96,872 121,090 145,308 181,635 193,744 230,071 242,180 290,616 363,270 460,142 484,360 581,232 690,213 726,540 920,284 968,720 1,150,355 1,380,426 1,453,080 1,840,568 2,300,710 2,760,852 2,906,160 3,451,065 3,681,136 4,601,420 5,521,704 6,902,130 9,202,840 11,043,408 13,804,260 18,405,680 27,608,520 and 55,217,040, with no remainder.

Since 55,217,040 cannot be divided by just 1 and 55,217,040, 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).