Q: Is 552,322,560 a Composite Number?

Why is 552,322,560 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 552,322,560 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 12 15 16 20 24 30 32 40 48 60 64 80 96 120 128 160 192 240 256 320 384 480 512 640 768 960 1,280 1,536 1,920 2,560 3,840 7,680 71,917 143,834 215,751 287,668 359,585 431,502 575,336 719,170 863,004 1,078,755 1,150,672 1,438,340 1,726,008 2,157,510 2,301,344 2,876,680 3,452,016 4,315,020 4,602,688 5,753,360 6,904,032 8,630,040 9,205,376 11,506,720 13,808,064 17,260,080 18,410,752 23,013,440 27,616,128 34,520,160 36,821,504 46,026,880 55,232,256 69,040,320 92,053,760 110,464,512 138,080,640 184,107,520 276,161,280 and 552,322,560, with no remainder.

Since 552,322,560 cannot be divided by just 1 and 552,322,560, 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).