Q: Is 56,676,420 a Composite Number?

Why is 56,676,420 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 56,676,420 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 9 10 12 15 18 20 30 36 45 60 90 180 499 631 998 1,262 1,497 1,893 1,996 2,495 2,524 2,994 3,155 3,786 4,491 4,990 5,679 5,988 6,310 7,485 7,572 8,982 9,465 9,980 11,358 12,620 14,970 17,964 18,930 22,455 22,716 28,395 29,940 37,860 44,910 56,790 89,820 113,580 314,869 629,738 944,607 1,259,476 1,574,345 1,889,214 2,833,821 3,148,690 3,778,428 4,723,035 5,667,642 6,297,380 9,446,070 11,335,284 14,169,105 18,892,140 28,338,210 and 56,676,420, with no remainder.

Since 56,676,420 cannot be divided by just 1 and 56,676,420, 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).