Q: Is 557,010,120 a Composite Number?

Why is 557,010,120 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 557,010,120 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 12 15 20 24 30 40 60 120 163 326 489 652 815 978 1,304 1,630 1,956 2,445 3,260 3,912 4,890 6,520 9,780 19,560 28,477 56,954 85,431 113,908 142,385 170,862 227,816 284,770 341,724 427,155 569,540 683,448 854,310 1,139,080 1,708,620 3,417,240 4,641,751 9,283,502 13,925,253 18,567,004 23,208,755 27,850,506 37,134,008 46,417,510 55,701,012 69,626,265 92,835,020 111,402,024 139,252,530 185,670,040 278,505,060 and 557,010,120, with no remainder.

Since 557,010,120 cannot be divided by just 1 and 557,010,120, 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).