Q: Is 5,062,560 a Composite Number?

Why is 5,062,560 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 5,062,560 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 12 15 16 20 24 30 32 40 48 53 60 80 96 106 120 159 160 199 212 240 265 318 398 424 480 530 597 636 795 796 848 995 1,060 1,194 1,272 1,590 1,592 1,696 1,990 2,120 2,388 2,544 2,985 3,180 3,184 3,980 4,240 4,776 5,088 5,970 6,360 6,368 7,960 8,480 9,552 10,547 11,940 12,720 15,920 19,104 21,094 23,880 25,440 31,641 31,840 42,188 47,760 52,735 63,282 84,376 95,520 105,470 126,564 158,205 168,752 210,940 253,128 316,410 337,504 421,880 506,256 632,820 843,760 1,012,512 1,265,640 1,687,520 2,531,280 and 5,062,560, with no remainder.

Since 5,062,560 cannot be divided by just 1 and 5,062,560, 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).