Q: Is 56,474,264 a Composite Number?

Why is 56,474,264 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 56,474,264 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 8 11 14 22 28 44 49 56 77 88 98 154 196 308 343 392 539 616 686 1,078 1,372 1,871 2,156 2,744 3,742 3,773 4,312 7,484 7,546 13,097 14,968 15,092 20,581 26,194 30,184 41,162 52,388 82,324 91,679 104,776 144,067 164,648 183,358 288,134 366,716 576,268 641,753 733,432 1,008,469 1,152,536 1,283,506 2,016,938 2,567,012 4,033,876 5,134,024 7,059,283 8,067,752 14,118,566 28,237,132 and 56,474,264, with no remainder.

Since 56,474,264 cannot be divided by just 1 and 56,474,264, 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).