Q: Is 56,737,772 a Composite Number?

Why is 56,737,772 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 56,737,772 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 13 14 17 26 28 34 52 53 68 91 106 119 173 182 212 221 238 346 364 371 442 476 689 692 742 884 901 1,211 1,378 1,484 1,547 1,802 2,249 2,422 2,756 2,941 3,094 3,604 4,498 4,823 4,844 5,882 6,188 6,307 8,996 9,169 9,646 11,713 11,764 12,614 15,743 18,338 19,292 20,587 23,426 25,228 31,486 36,676 38,233 41,174 46,852 62,972 64,183 76,466 81,991 82,348 119,197 128,366 152,932 155,873 163,982 238,394 256,732 267,631 311,746 327,964 476,788 535,262 623,492 834,379 1,070,524 1,091,111 1,668,758 2,026,349 2,182,222 3,337,516 4,052,698 4,364,444 8,105,396 14,184,443 28,368,886 and 56,737,772, with no remainder.

Since 56,737,772 cannot be divided by just 1 and 56,737,772, 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).