Q: Is 553,246,120 a Composite Number?

Why is 553,246,120 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 553,246,120 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 7 8 10 14 20 28 35 40 56 70 140 280 409 818 1,636 2,045 2,863 3,272 4,090 4,831 5,726 8,180 9,662 11,452 14,315 16,360 19,324 22,904 24,155 28,630 33,817 38,648 48,310 57,260 67,634 96,620 114,520 135,268 169,085 193,240 270,536 338,170 676,340 1,352,680 1,975,879 3,951,758 7,903,516 9,879,395 13,831,153 15,807,032 19,758,790 27,662,306 39,517,580 55,324,612 69,155,765 79,035,160 110,649,224 138,311,530 276,623,060 and 553,246,120, with no remainder.

Since 553,246,120 cannot be divided by just 1 and 553,246,120, 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).