Q: Is 55,721,736 a Composite Number?

Why is 55,721,736 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 55,721,736 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 12 14 18 21 24 27 28 36 42 54 56 63 72 84 108 126 137 168 189 216 252 269 274 378 411 504 538 548 756 807 822 959 1,076 1,096 1,233 1,512 1,614 1,644 1,883 1,918 2,152 2,421 2,466 2,877 3,228 3,288 3,699 3,766 3,836 4,842 4,932 5,649 5,754 6,456 7,263 7,398 7,532 7,672 8,631 9,684 9,864 11,298 11,508 14,526 14,796 15,064 16,947 17,262 19,368 22,596 23,016 25,893 29,052 29,592 33,894 34,524 36,853 45,192 50,841 51,786 58,104 67,788 69,048 73,706 101,682 103,572 110,559 135,576 147,412 203,364 207,144 221,118 257,971 294,824 331,677 406,728 442,236 515,942 663,354 773,913 884,472 995,031 1,031,884 1,326,708 1,547,826 1,990,062 2,063,768 2,321,739 2,653,416 3,095,652 3,980,124 4,643,478 6,191,304 6,965,217 7,960,248 9,286,956 13,930,434 18,573,912 27,860,868 and 55,721,736, with no remainder.

Since 55,721,736 cannot be divided by just 1 and 55,721,736, 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).