Q: Is 55,283,508 a Composite Number?

Why is 55,283,508 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 55,283,508 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 9 12 14 18 21 28 36 42 63 84 126 252 431 509 862 1,018 1,293 1,527 1,724 2,036 2,586 3,017 3,054 3,563 3,879 4,581 5,172 6,034 6,108 7,126 7,758 9,051 9,162 10,689 12,068 14,252 15,516 18,102 18,324 21,378 27,153 32,067 36,204 42,756 54,306 64,134 108,612 128,268 219,379 438,758 658,137 877,516 1,316,274 1,535,653 1,974,411 2,632,548 3,071,306 3,948,822 4,606,959 6,142,612 7,897,644 9,213,918 13,820,877 18,427,836 27,641,754 and 55,283,508, with no remainder.

Since 55,283,508 cannot be divided by just 1 and 55,283,508, 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).