Q: Is 55,343,610 a Composite Number?

Why is 55,343,610 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 55,343,610 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 5 6 7 9 10 14 15 18 21 30 35 42 45 63 70 90 105 107 126 210 214 315 321 535 630 642 749 821 963 1,070 1,498 1,605 1,642 1,926 2,247 2,463 3,210 3,745 4,105 4,494 4,815 4,926 5,747 6,741 7,389 7,490 8,210 9,630 11,235 11,494 12,315 13,482 14,778 17,241 22,470 24,630 28,735 33,705 34,482 36,945 51,723 57,470 67,410 73,890 86,205 87,847 103,446 172,410 175,694 258,615 263,541 439,235 517,230 527,082 614,929 790,623 878,470 1,229,858 1,317,705 1,581,246 1,844,787 2,635,410 3,074,645 3,689,574 3,953,115 5,534,361 6,149,290 7,906,230 9,223,935 11,068,722 18,447,870 27,671,805 and 55,343,610, with no remainder.

Since 55,343,610 cannot be divided by just 1 and 55,343,610, 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).