Q: Is 5,214,440 a Composite Number?

Why is 5,214,440 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 5,214,440 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 7 8 10 11 14 20 22 28 35 40 44 55 56 70 77 88 110 140 154 220 280 308 385 440 616 770 1,540 1,693 3,080 3,386 6,772 8,465 11,851 13,544 16,930 18,623 23,702 33,860 37,246 47,404 59,255 67,720 74,492 93,115 94,808 118,510 130,361 148,984 186,230 237,020 260,722 372,460 474,040 521,444 651,805 744,920 1,042,888 1,303,610 2,607,220 and 5,214,440, with no remainder.

Since 5,214,440 cannot be divided by just 1 and 5,214,440, 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).