Q: Is 55,605,660 a Composite Number?

Why is 55,605,660 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 55,605,660 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 10 11 12 15 20 22 30 33 44 55 60 66 110 132 165 173 220 330 346 487 519 660 692 865 974 1,038 1,461 1,730 1,903 1,948 2,076 2,435 2,595 2,922 3,460 3,806 4,870 5,190 5,357 5,709 5,844 7,305 7,612 9,515 9,740 10,380 10,714 11,418 14,610 16,071 19,030 21,428 22,836 26,785 28,545 29,220 32,142 38,060 53,570 57,090 64,284 80,355 84,251 107,140 114,180 160,710 168,502 252,753 321,420 337,004 421,255 505,506 842,510 926,761 1,011,012 1,263,765 1,685,020 1,853,522 2,527,530 2,780,283 3,707,044 4,633,805 5,055,060 5,560,566 9,267,610 11,121,132 13,901,415 18,535,220 27,802,830 and 55,605,660, with no remainder.

Since 55,605,660 cannot be divided by just 1 and 55,605,660, 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).