Q: Is 55,670,274 a Composite Number?

Why is 55,670,274 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 55,670,274 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 9 11 17 18 22 27 33 34 37 51 54 66 74 99 102 111 149 153 187 198 222 297 298 306 333 374 407 447 459 561 594 629 666 814 894 918 999 1,122 1,221 1,258 1,341 1,639 1,683 1,887 1,998 2,442 2,533 2,682 3,278 3,366 3,663 3,774 4,023 4,917 5,049 5,066 5,513 5,661 6,919 7,326 7,599 8,046 9,834 10,098 10,989 11,026 11,322 13,838 14,751 15,198 16,539 16,983 20,757 21,978 22,797 27,863 29,502 33,078 33,966 41,514 44,253 45,594 49,617 55,726 60,643 62,271 68,391 83,589 88,506 93,721 99,234 121,286 124,542 136,782 148,851 167,178 181,929 186,813 187,442 250,767 281,163 297,702 363,858 373,626 501,534 545,787 562,326 752,301 843,489 1,030,931 1,091,574 1,504,602 1,637,361 1,686,978 2,061,862 2,530,467 3,092,793 3,274,722 5,060,934 6,185,586 9,278,379 18,556,758 27,835,137 and 55,670,274, with no remainder.

Since 55,670,274 cannot be divided by just 1 and 55,670,274, 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).