Q: Is 56,424,528 a Composite Number?

Why is 56,424,528 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 56,424,528 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 19 24 36 38 41 48 57 72 76 82 114 123 144 152 164 171 228 246 304 328 342 369 456 492 503 656 684 738 779 912 984 1,006 1,368 1,476 1,509 1,558 1,968 2,012 2,337 2,736 2,952 3,018 3,116 4,024 4,527 4,674 5,904 6,036 6,232 7,011 8,048 9,054 9,348 9,557 12,072 12,464 14,022 18,108 18,696 19,114 20,623 24,144 28,044 28,671 36,216 37,392 38,228 41,246 56,088 57,342 61,869 72,432 76,456 82,492 86,013 112,176 114,684 123,738 152,912 164,984 172,026 185,607 229,368 247,476 329,968 344,052 371,214 391,837 458,736 494,952 688,104 742,428 783,674 989,904 1,175,511 1,376,208 1,484,856 1,567,348 2,351,022 2,969,712 3,134,696 3,526,533 4,702,044 6,269,392 7,053,066 9,404,088 14,106,132 18,808,176 28,212,264 and 56,424,528, with no remainder.

Since 56,424,528 cannot be divided by just 1 and 56,424,528, 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).