Q: Is 55,848,060 a Composite Number?

Why is 55,848,060 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 55,848,060 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 9 10 12 15 17 18 20 30 34 36 45 51 60 68 85 90 102 153 170 180 204 255 306 340 510 612 765 1,020 1,530 3,060 18,251 36,502 54,753 73,004 91,255 109,506 164,259 182,510 219,012 273,765 310,267 328,518 365,020 547,530 620,534 657,036 821,295 930,801 1,095,060 1,241,068 1,551,335 1,642,590 1,861,602 2,792,403 3,102,670 3,285,180 3,723,204 4,654,005 5,584,806 6,205,340 9,308,010 11,169,612 13,962,015 18,616,020 27,924,030 and 55,848,060, with no remainder.

Since 55,848,060 cannot be divided by just 1 and 55,848,060, 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).