Q: Is 5,221,560 a Composite Number?

Why is 5,221,560 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 5,221,560 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 12 15 20 24 30 40 53 60 106 120 159 212 265 318 424 530 636 795 821 1,060 1,272 1,590 1,642 2,120 2,463 3,180 3,284 4,105 4,926 6,360 6,568 8,210 9,852 12,315 16,420 19,704 24,630 32,840 43,513 49,260 87,026 98,520 130,539 174,052 217,565 261,078 348,104 435,130 522,156 652,695 870,260 1,044,312 1,305,390 1,740,520 2,610,780 and 5,221,560, with no remainder.

Since 5,221,560 cannot be divided by just 1 and 5,221,560, 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).