Q: Is 56,740,704 a Composite Number?

Why is 56,740,704 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 56,740,704 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 16 24 29 32 48 58 87 89 96 116 174 178 229 232 267 348 356 458 464 534 687 696 712 916 928 1,068 1,374 1,392 1,424 1,832 2,136 2,581 2,748 2,784 2,848 3,664 4,272 5,162 5,496 6,641 7,328 7,743 8,544 10,324 10,992 13,282 15,486 19,923 20,381 20,648 21,984 26,564 30,972 39,846 40,762 41,296 53,128 61,143 61,944 79,692 81,524 82,592 106,256 122,286 123,888 159,384 163,048 212,512 244,572 247,776 318,768 326,096 489,144 591,049 637,536 652,192 978,288 1,182,098 1,773,147 1,956,576 2,364,196 3,546,294 4,728,392 7,092,588 9,456,784 14,185,176 18,913,568 28,370,352 and 56,740,704, with no remainder.

Since 56,740,704 cannot be divided by just 1 and 56,740,704, 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).