Q: Is 55,310,800 a Composite Number?

Why is 55,310,800 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 55,310,800 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 8 10 16 20 25 40 50 53 80 100 106 200 212 265 400 424 530 848 1,060 1,325 2,120 2,609 2,650 4,240 5,218 5,300 10,436 10,600 13,045 20,872 21,200 26,090 41,744 52,180 65,225 104,360 130,450 138,277 208,720 260,900 276,554 521,800 553,108 691,385 1,043,600 1,106,216 1,382,770 2,212,432 2,765,540 3,456,925 5,531,080 6,913,850 11,062,160 13,827,700 27,655,400 and 55,310,800, with no remainder.

Since 55,310,800 cannot be divided by just 1 and 55,310,800, 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).