Q: Is 56,861,840 a Composite Number?

Why is 56,861,840 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 56,861,840 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 7 8 10 14 16 20 28 35 40 56 59 70 80 112 118 140 236 280 295 413 472 560 590 826 944 1,180 1,652 1,721 2,065 2,360 3,304 3,442 4,130 4,720 6,608 6,884 8,260 8,605 12,047 13,768 16,520 17,210 24,094 27,536 33,040 34,420 48,188 60,235 68,840 96,376 101,539 120,470 137,680 192,752 203,078 240,940 406,156 481,880 507,695 710,773 812,312 963,760 1,015,390 1,421,546 1,624,624 2,030,780 2,843,092 3,553,865 4,061,560 5,686,184 7,107,730 8,123,120 11,372,368 14,215,460 28,430,920 and 56,861,840, with no remainder.

Since 56,861,840 cannot be divided by just 1 and 56,861,840, 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).