Q: Is 55,580,272 a Composite Number?

Why is 55,580,272 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 55,580,272 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 8 11 16 22 31 44 61 62 88 122 124 167 176 244 248 334 341 488 496 668 671 682 976 1,336 1,342 1,364 1,837 1,891 2,672 2,684 2,728 3,674 3,782 5,177 5,368 5,456 7,348 7,564 10,187 10,354 10,736 14,696 15,128 20,374 20,708 20,801 29,392 30,256 40,748 41,416 41,602 56,947 81,496 82,832 83,204 112,057 113,894 162,992 166,408 224,114 227,788 315,797 332,816 448,228 455,576 631,594 896,456 911,152 1,263,188 1,792,912 2,526,376 3,473,767 5,052,752 6,947,534 13,895,068 27,790,136 and 55,580,272, with no remainder.

Since 55,580,272 cannot be divided by just 1 and 55,580,272, 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).