Q: Is 56,110,056 a Composite Number?

Why is 56,110,056 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 56,110,056 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 24 37 74 111 148 179 222 296 353 358 444 537 706 716 888 1,059 1,074 1,412 1,432 2,118 2,148 2,824 4,236 4,296 6,623 8,472 13,061 13,246 19,869 26,122 26,492 39,183 39,738 52,244 52,984 63,187 78,366 79,476 104,488 126,374 156,732 158,952 189,561 252,748 313,464 379,122 505,496 758,244 1,516,488 2,337,919 4,675,838 7,013,757 9,351,676 14,027,514 18,703,352 28,055,028 and 56,110,056, with no remainder.

Since 56,110,056 cannot be divided by just 1 and 56,110,056, 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).