Q: Is 55,837,200 a Composite Number?

Why is 55,837,200 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 55,837,200 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 12 15 16 19 20 24 25 30 31 38 40 48 50 57 60 62 75 76 79 80 93 95 100 114 120 124 150 152 155 158 186 190 200 228 237 240 248 285 300 304 310 316 372 380 395 400 456 465 474 475 496 570 589 600 620 632 744 760 775 790 912 930 948 950 1,140 1,178 1,185 1,200 1,240 1,264 1,425 1,488 1,501 1,520 1,550 1,580 1,767 1,860 1,896 1,900 1,975 2,280 2,325 2,356 2,370 2,449 2,480 2,850 2,945 3,002 3,100 3,160 3,534 3,720 3,792 3,800 3,950 4,503 4,560 4,650 4,712 4,740 4,898 5,700 5,890 5,925 6,004 6,200 6,320 7,068 7,347 7,440 7,505 7,600 7,900 8,835 9,006 9,300 9,424 9,480 9,796 11,400 11,780 11,850 12,008 12,245 12,400 14,136 14,694 14,725 15,010 15,800 17,670 18,012 18,600 18,960 19,592 22,515 22,800 23,560 23,700 24,016 24,490 28,272 29,388 29,450 30,020 31,600 35,340 36,024 36,735 37,200 37,525 39,184 44,175 45,030 46,531 47,120 47,400 48,980 58,776 58,900 60,040 61,225 70,680 72,048 73,470 75,050 88,350 90,060 93,062 94,800 97,960 112,575 117,552 117,800 120,080 122,450 139,593 141,360 146,940 150,100 176,700 180,120 183,675 186,124 195,920 225,150 232,655 235,600 244,900 279,186 293,880 300,200 353,400 360,240 367,350 372,248 450,300 465,310 489,800 558,372 587,760 600,400 697,965 706,800 734,700 744,496 900,600 930,620 979,600 1,116,744 1,163,275 1,395,930 1,469,400 1,801,200 1,861,240 2,233,488 2,326,550 2,791,860 2,938,800 3,489,825 3,722,480 4,653,100 5,583,720 6,979,650 9,306,200 11,167,440 13,959,300 18,612,400 27,918,600 and 55,837,200, with no remainder.

Since 55,837,200 cannot be divided by just 1 and 55,837,200, 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).