Q: Is 55,576,960 a Composite Number?

Why is 55,576,960 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 55,576,960 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 8 10 16 20 32 37 40 64 74 80 128 148 160 185 296 320 370 592 640 740 1,184 1,480 2,347 2,368 2,960 4,694 4,736 5,920 9,388 11,735 11,840 18,776 23,470 23,680 37,552 46,940 75,104 86,839 93,880 150,208 173,678 187,760 300,416 347,356 375,520 434,195 694,712 751,040 868,390 1,389,424 1,502,080 1,736,780 2,778,848 3,473,560 5,557,696 6,947,120 11,115,392 13,894,240 27,788,480 and 55,576,960, with no remainder.

Since 55,576,960 cannot be divided by just 1 and 55,576,960, 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).