Q: Is 56,241,624 a Composite Number?

Why is 56,241,624 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 56,241,624 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 23 24 46 69 92 138 139 184 276 278 417 552 556 733 834 1,112 1,466 1,668 2,199 2,932 3,197 3,336 4,398 5,864 6,394 8,796 9,591 12,788 16,859 17,592 19,182 25,576 33,718 38,364 50,577 67,436 76,728 101,154 101,887 134,872 202,308 203,774 305,661 404,616 407,548 611,322 815,096 1,222,644 2,343,401 2,445,288 4,686,802 7,030,203 9,373,604 14,060,406 18,747,208 28,120,812 and 56,241,624, with no remainder.

Since 56,241,624 cannot be divided by just 1 and 56,241,624, 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).