Q: Is 55,252,040 a Composite Number?

Why is 55,252,040 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 55,252,040 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 8 10 17 20 34 40 68 85 136 170 193 340 386 421 680 772 842 965 1,544 1,684 1,930 2,105 3,281 3,368 3,860 4,210 6,562 7,157 7,720 8,420 13,124 14,314 16,405 16,840 26,248 28,628 32,810 35,785 57,256 65,620 71,570 81,253 131,240 143,140 162,506 286,280 325,012 406,265 650,024 812,530 1,381,301 1,625,060 2,762,602 3,250,120 5,525,204 6,906,505 11,050,408 13,813,010 27,626,020 and 55,252,040, with no remainder.

Since 55,252,040 cannot be divided by just 1 and 55,252,040, 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).