Q: Is 55,740,240 a Composite Number?

Why is 55,740,240 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 55,740,240 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 9 10 12 15 16 18 20 24 30 36 40 45 48 60 72 80 90 120 144 180 240 360 720 77,417 154,834 232,251 309,668 387,085 464,502 619,336 696,753 774,170 929,004 1,161,255 1,238,672 1,393,506 1,548,340 1,858,008 2,322,510 2,787,012 3,096,680 3,483,765 3,716,016 4,645,020 5,574,024 6,193,360 6,967,530 9,290,040 11,148,048 13,935,060 18,580,080 27,870,120 and 55,740,240, with no remainder.

Since 55,740,240 cannot be divided by just 1 and 55,740,240, 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).