Q: Is 55,553,520 a Composite Number?

Why is 55,553,520 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 55,553,520 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 11 12 15 16 20 22 24 30 33 40 44 48 55 60 66 80 88 110 120 121 132 165 176 220 240 242 264 330 363 440 484 528 605 660 726 880 968 1,210 1,320 1,452 1,815 1,913 1,936 2,420 2,640 2,904 3,630 3,826 4,840 5,739 5,808 7,260 7,652 9,565 9,680 11,478 14,520 15,304 19,130 21,043 22,956 28,695 29,040 30,608 38,260 42,086 45,912 57,390 63,129 76,520 84,172 91,824 105,215 114,780 126,258 153,040 168,344 210,430 229,560 231,473 252,516 315,645 336,688 420,860 459,120 462,946 505,032 631,290 694,419 841,720 925,892 1,010,064 1,157,365 1,262,580 1,388,838 1,683,440 1,851,784 2,314,730 2,525,160 2,777,676 3,472,095 3,703,568 4,629,460 5,050,320 5,555,352 6,944,190 9,258,920 11,110,704 13,888,380 18,517,840 27,776,760 and 55,553,520, with no remainder.

Since 55,553,520 cannot be divided by just 1 and 55,553,520, 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).