Q: Is 55,502,172 a Composite Number?

Why is 55,502,172 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 55,502,172 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 9 11 12 18 22 27 29 33 36 44 54 58 66 81 87 99 108 116 132 162 174 179 198 243 261 297 319 324 348 358 396 486 522 537 594 638 716 783 891 957 972 1,044 1,074 1,188 1,276 1,566 1,611 1,782 1,914 1,969 2,148 2,349 2,673 2,871 3,132 3,222 3,564 3,828 3,938 4,698 4,833 5,191 5,346 5,742 5,907 6,444 7,047 7,876 8,613 9,396 9,666 10,382 10,692 11,484 11,814 14,094 14,499 15,573 17,226 17,721 19,332 20,764 23,628 25,839 28,188 28,998 31,146 34,452 35,442 43,497 46,719 51,678 53,163 57,101 57,996 62,292 70,884 77,517 86,994 93,438 103,356 106,326 114,202 140,157 155,034 159,489 171,303 173,988 186,876 212,652 228,404 280,314 310,068 318,978 342,606 420,471 478,467 513,909 560,628 637,956 685,212 840,942 956,934 1,027,818 1,261,413 1,541,727 1,681,884 1,913,868 2,055,636 2,522,826 3,083,454 4,625,181 5,045,652 6,166,908 9,250,362 13,875,543 18,500,724 27,751,086 and 55,502,172, with no remainder.

Since 55,502,172 cannot be divided by just 1 and 55,502,172, 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).