Q: Is 56,055,552 a Composite Number?

Why is 56,055,552 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 56,055,552 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 12 14 16 21 24 28 32 42 48 56 64 84 96 112 128 168 192 224 256 336 384 448 672 768 896 1,344 1,792 2,688 5,376 10,427 20,854 31,281 41,708 62,562 72,989 83,416 125,124 145,978 166,832 218,967 250,248 291,956 333,664 437,934 500,496 583,912 667,328 875,868 1,000,992 1,167,824 1,334,656 1,751,736 2,001,984 2,335,648 2,669,312 3,503,472 4,003,968 4,671,296 7,006,944 8,007,936 9,342,592 14,013,888 18,685,184 28,027,776 and 56,055,552, with no remainder.

Since 56,055,552 cannot be divided by just 1 and 56,055,552, 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).