Q: Is 55,543,248 a Composite Number?

Why is 55,543,248 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 55,543,248 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 24 36 48 72 144 367 734 1,051 1,101 1,468 2,102 2,202 2,936 3,153 3,303 4,204 4,404 5,872 6,306 6,606 8,408 8,808 9,459 12,612 13,212 16,816 17,616 18,918 25,224 26,424 37,836 50,448 52,848 75,672 151,344 385,717 771,434 1,157,151 1,542,868 2,314,302 3,085,736 3,471,453 4,628,604 6,171,472 6,942,906 9,257,208 13,885,812 18,514,416 27,771,624 and 55,543,248, with no remainder.

Since 55,543,248 cannot be divided by just 1 and 55,543,248, 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).