Q: Is 55,745,424 a Composite Number?

Why is 55,745,424 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 55,745,424 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 12 14 16 18 21 24 28 29 36 42 48 56 58 63 72 84 87 112 116 126 144 168 174 203 232 252 261 336 348 406 464 504 522 609 696 812 1,008 1,044 1,218 1,392 1,624 1,827 1,907 2,088 2,436 3,248 3,654 3,814 4,176 4,872 5,721 7,308 7,628 9,744 11,442 13,349 14,616 15,256 17,163 22,884 26,698 29,232 30,512 34,326 40,047 45,768 53,396 55,303 68,652 80,094 91,536 106,792 110,606 120,141 137,304 160,188 165,909 213,584 221,212 240,282 274,608 320,376 331,818 387,121 442,424 480,564 497,727 640,752 663,636 774,242 884,848 961,128 995,454 1,161,363 1,327,272 1,548,484 1,922,256 1,990,908 2,322,726 2,654,544 3,096,968 3,484,089 3,981,816 4,645,452 6,193,936 6,968,178 7,963,632 9,290,904 13,936,356 18,581,808 27,872,712 and 55,745,424, with no remainder.

Since 55,745,424 cannot be divided by just 1 and 55,745,424, 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).