Q: Is 56,748,744 a Composite Number?

Why is 56,748,744 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 56,748,744 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 13 18 19 24 26 36 38 39 52 57 72 76 78 104 114 117 152 156 171 228 234 247 312 342 456 468 494 684 741 936 988 1,368 1,482 1,976 2,223 2,964 3,191 4,446 5,928 6,382 8,892 9,573 12,764 17,784 19,146 25,528 28,719 38,292 41,483 57,438 60,629 76,584 82,966 114,876 121,258 124,449 165,932 181,887 229,752 242,516 248,898 331,864 363,774 373,347 485,032 497,796 545,661 727,548 746,694 788,177 995,592 1,091,322 1,455,096 1,493,388 1,576,354 2,182,644 2,364,531 2,986,776 3,152,708 4,365,288 4,729,062 6,305,416 7,093,593 9,458,124 14,187,186 18,916,248 28,374,372 and 56,748,744, with no remainder.

Since 56,748,744 cannot be divided by just 1 and 56,748,744, 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).