Q: Is 5,202,240 a Composite Number?

Why is 5,202,240 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 5,202,240 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 12 15 16 20 24 30 32 40 48 60 64 80 96 120 160 192 240 320 480 960 5,419 10,838 16,257 21,676 27,095 32,514 43,352 54,190 65,028 81,285 86,704 108,380 130,056 162,570 173,408 216,760 260,112 325,140 346,816 433,520 520,224 650,280 867,040 1,040,448 1,300,560 1,734,080 2,601,120 and 5,202,240, with no remainder.

Since 5,202,240 cannot be divided by just 1 and 5,202,240, 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).