Q: Is 552,513,528 a Composite Number?

Why is 552,513,528 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 552,513,528 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 12 14 18 21 24 27 28 36 42 54 56 63 72 84 108 126 168 189 216 252 378 504 756 1,512 365,419 730,838 1,096,257 1,461,676 2,192,514 2,557,933 2,923,352 3,288,771 4,385,028 5,115,866 6,577,542 7,673,799 8,770,056 9,866,313 10,231,732 13,155,084 15,347,598 19,732,626 20,463,464 23,021,397 26,310,168 30,695,196 39,465,252 46,042,794 61,390,392 69,064,191 78,930,504 92,085,588 138,128,382 184,171,176 276,256,764 and 552,513,528, with no remainder.

Since 552,513,528 cannot be divided by just 1 and 552,513,528, 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).