Q: Is 55,735,740 a Composite Number?

Why is 55,735,740 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 55,735,740 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 9 10 12 15 18 19 20 30 36 38 43 45 57 60 76 86 90 95 114 129 171 172 180 190 215 228 258 285 342 379 380 387 430 516 570 645 684 758 774 817 855 860 1,137 1,140 1,290 1,516 1,548 1,634 1,710 1,895 1,935 2,274 2,451 2,580 3,268 3,411 3,420 3,790 3,870 4,085 4,548 4,902 5,685 6,822 7,201 7,353 7,580 7,740 8,170 9,804 11,370 12,255 13,644 14,402 14,706 16,297 16,340 17,055 21,603 22,740 24,510 28,804 29,412 32,594 34,110 36,005 36,765 43,206 48,891 49,020 64,809 65,188 68,220 72,010 73,530 81,485 86,412 97,782 108,015 129,618 144,020 146,673 147,060 162,970 195,564 216,030 244,455 259,236 293,346 309,643 324,045 325,940 432,060 488,910 586,692 619,286 648,090 733,365 928,929 977,820 1,238,572 1,296,180 1,466,730 1,548,215 1,857,858 2,786,787 2,933,460 3,096,430 3,715,716 4,644,645 5,573,574 6,192,860 9,289,290 11,147,148 13,933,935 18,578,580 27,867,870 and 55,735,740, with no remainder.

Since 55,735,740 cannot be divided by just 1 and 55,735,740, 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).