Q: Is 55,627,776 a Composite Number?

Why is 55,627,776 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 55,627,776 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 24 27 32 36 48 54 64 72 96 108 128 144 192 216 256 288 384 432 503 512 576 768 864 1,006 1,024 1,152 1,509 1,536 1,728 2,012 2,048 2,304 3,018 3,072 3,456 4,024 4,096 4,527 4,608 6,036 6,144 6,912 8,048 9,054 9,216 12,072 12,288 13,581 13,824 16,096 18,108 18,432 24,144 27,162 27,648 32,192 36,216 36,864 48,288 54,324 55,296 64,384 72,432 96,576 108,648 110,592 128,768 144,864 193,152 217,296 257,536 289,728 386,304 434,592 515,072 579,456 772,608 869,184 1,030,144 1,158,912 1,545,216 1,738,368 2,060,288 2,317,824 3,090,432 3,476,736 4,635,648 6,180,864 6,953,472 9,271,296 13,906,944 18,542,592 27,813,888 and 55,627,776, with no remainder.

Since 55,627,776 cannot be divided by just 1 and 55,627,776, 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).