Q: Is 552,216,120 a Composite Number?

Why is 552,216,120 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 552,216,120 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 12 15 20 24 30 37 40 60 74 111 120 148 185 222 277 296 370 444 449 554 555 740 831 888 898 1,108 1,110 1,347 1,385 1,480 1,662 1,796 2,216 2,220 2,245 2,694 2,770 3,324 3,592 4,155 4,440 4,490 5,388 5,540 6,648 6,735 8,310 8,980 10,249 10,776 11,080 13,470 16,613 16,620 17,960 20,498 26,940 30,747 33,226 33,240 40,996 49,839 51,245 53,880 61,494 66,452 81,992 83,065 99,678 102,490 122,988 124,373 132,904 153,735 166,130 199,356 204,980 245,976 248,746 249,195 307,470 332,260 373,119 398,712 409,960 497,492 498,390 614,940 621,865 664,520 746,238 994,984 996,780 1,229,880 1,243,730 1,492,476 1,865,595 1,993,560 2,487,460 2,984,952 3,731,190 4,601,801 4,974,920 7,462,380 9,203,602 13,805,403 14,924,760 18,407,204 23,009,005 27,610,806 36,814,408 46,018,010 55,221,612 69,027,015 92,036,020 110,443,224 138,054,030 184,072,040 276,108,060 and 552,216,120, with no remainder.

Since 552,216,120 cannot be divided by just 1 and 552,216,120, 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).