Q: Is 56,908,488 a Composite Number?

Why is 56,908,488 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 56,908,488 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 12 13 14 21 24 26 28 39 42 52 56 71 78 84 91 104 142 156 168 182 213 273 284 312 364 367 426 497 546 568 728 734 852 923 994 1,092 1,101 1,468 1,491 1,704 1,846 1,988 2,184 2,202 2,569 2,769 2,936 2,982 3,692 3,976 4,404 4,771 5,138 5,538 5,964 6,461 7,384 7,707 8,808 9,542 10,276 11,076 11,928 12,922 14,313 15,414 19,084 19,383 20,552 22,152 25,844 26,057 28,626 30,828 33,397 38,168 38,766 51,688 52,114 57,252 61,656 66,794 77,532 78,171 100,191 104,228 114,504 133,588 155,064 156,342 182,399 200,382 208,456 267,176 312,684 338,741 364,798 400,764 547,197 625,368 677,482 729,596 801,528 1,016,223 1,094,394 1,354,964 1,459,192 2,032,446 2,188,788 2,371,187 2,709,928 4,064,892 4,377,576 4,742,374 7,113,561 8,129,784 9,484,748 14,227,122 18,969,496 28,454,244 and 56,908,488, with no remainder.

Since 56,908,488 cannot be divided by just 1 and 56,908,488, 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).