Q: Is 55,505,472 a Composite Number?

Why is 55,505,472 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 55,505,472 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 11 12 16 22 24 32 33 41 44 48 64 66 82 88 96 123 132 164 176 192 246 264 328 352 451 492 528 641 656 704 902 984 1,056 1,282 1,312 1,353 1,804 1,923 1,968 2,112 2,564 2,624 2,706 3,608 3,846 3,936 5,128 5,412 7,051 7,216 7,692 7,872 10,256 10,824 14,102 14,432 15,384 20,512 21,153 21,648 26,281 28,204 28,864 30,768 41,024 42,306 43,296 52,562 56,408 61,536 78,843 84,612 86,592 105,124 112,816 123,072 157,686 169,224 210,248 225,632 289,091 315,372 338,448 420,496 451,264 578,182 630,744 676,896 840,992 867,273 1,156,364 1,261,488 1,353,792 1,681,984 1,734,546 2,312,728 2,522,976 3,469,092 4,625,456 5,045,952 6,938,184 9,250,912 13,876,368 18,501,824 27,752,736 and 55,505,472, with no remainder.

Since 55,505,472 cannot be divided by just 1 and 55,505,472, 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).