Q: Is 56,001,000 a Composite Number?

Why is 56,001,000 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 56,001,000 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 11 12 15 20 22 24 25 30 33 40 44 50 55 60 66 75 88 100 110 120 125 132 150 165 200 220 250 264 275 300 330 375 440 500 550 600 660 750 825 1,000 1,100 1,320 1,375 1,500 1,650 1,697 2,200 2,750 3,000 3,300 3,394 4,125 5,091 5,500 6,600 6,788 8,250 8,485 10,182 11,000 13,576 16,500 16,970 18,667 20,364 25,455 33,000 33,940 37,334 40,728 42,425 50,910 56,001 67,880 74,668 84,850 93,335 101,820 112,002 127,275 149,336 169,700 186,670 203,640 212,125 224,004 254,550 280,005 339,400 373,340 424,250 448,008 466,675 509,100 560,010 636,375 746,680 848,500 933,350 1,018,200 1,120,020 1,272,750 1,400,025 1,697,000 1,866,700 2,240,040 2,333,375 2,545,500 2,800,050 3,733,400 4,666,750 5,091,000 5,600,100 7,000,125 9,333,500 11,200,200 14,000,250 18,667,000 28,000,500 and 56,001,000, with no remainder.

Since 56,001,000 cannot be divided by just 1 and 56,001,000, 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).