Q: Is 5,231,360 a Composite Number?

Why is 5,231,360 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 5,231,360 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 8 10 16 20 32 40 61 64 67 80 122 128 134 160 244 256 268 305 320 335 488 536 610 640 670 976 1,072 1,220 1,280 1,340 1,952 2,144 2,440 2,680 3,904 4,087 4,288 4,880 5,360 7,808 8,174 8,576 9,760 10,720 15,616 16,348 17,152 19,520 20,435 21,440 32,696 39,040 40,870 42,880 65,392 78,080 81,740 85,760 130,784 163,480 261,568 326,960 523,136 653,920 1,046,272 1,307,840 2,615,680 and 5,231,360, with no remainder.

Since 5,231,360 cannot be divided by just 1 and 5,231,360, 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).