Q: Is 55,523,020 a Composite Number?

Why is 55,523,020 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 55,523,020 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 7 10 14 17 20 28 34 35 41 68 70 82 85 119 140 164 170 205 238 287 340 410 476 569 574 595 697 820 1,138 1,148 1,190 1,394 1,435 2,276 2,380 2,788 2,845 2,870 3,485 3,983 4,879 5,690 5,740 6,970 7,966 9,673 9,758 11,380 13,940 15,932 19,346 19,516 19,915 23,329 24,395 38,692 39,830 46,658 48,365 48,790 67,711 79,660 93,316 96,730 97,580 116,645 135,422 163,303 193,460 233,290 270,844 326,606 338,555 396,593 466,580 653,212 677,110 793,186 816,515 1,354,220 1,586,372 1,633,030 1,982,965 2,776,151 3,266,060 3,965,930 5,552,302 7,931,860 11,104,604 13,880,755 27,761,510 and 55,523,020, with no remainder.

Since 55,523,020 cannot be divided by just 1 and 55,523,020, 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).