Q: Is 55,350,520 a Composite Number?

Why is 55,350,520 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 55,350,520 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 8 10 20 37 40 74 148 149 185 251 296 298 370 502 596 740 745 1,004 1,192 1,255 1,480 1,490 2,008 2,510 2,980 5,020 5,513 5,960 9,287 10,040 11,026 18,574 22,052 27,565 37,148 37,399 44,104 46,435 55,130 74,296 74,798 92,870 110,260 149,596 185,740 186,995 220,520 299,192 371,480 373,990 747,980 1,383,763 1,495,960 2,767,526 5,535,052 6,918,815 11,070,104 13,837,630 27,675,260 and 55,350,520, with no remainder.

Since 55,350,520 cannot be divided by just 1 and 55,350,520, 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).