Q: Is 5,223,120 a Composite Number?

Why is 5,223,120 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 5,223,120 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 10 12 14 15 16 20 21 24 28 30 35 40 42 48 56 60 70 80 84 105 112 120 140 168 210 240 280 336 420 560 840 1,680 3,109 6,218 9,327 12,436 15,545 18,654 21,763 24,872 31,090 37,308 43,526 46,635 49,744 62,180 65,289 74,616 87,052 93,270 108,815 124,360 130,578 149,232 174,104 186,540 217,630 248,720 261,156 326,445 348,208 373,080 435,260 522,312 652,890 746,160 870,520 1,044,624 1,305,780 1,741,040 2,611,560 and 5,223,120, with no remainder.

Since 5,223,120 cannot be divided by just 1 and 5,223,120, 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).