Q: Is 5,232,760 a Composite Number?

Why is 5,232,760 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 5,232,760 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 8 10 13 20 26 29 40 52 58 65 104 116 130 145 232 260 290 347 377 520 580 694 754 1,160 1,388 1,508 1,735 1,885 2,776 3,016 3,470 3,770 4,511 6,940 7,540 9,022 10,063 13,880 15,080 18,044 20,126 22,555 36,088 40,252 45,110 50,315 80,504 90,220 100,630 130,819 180,440 201,260 261,638 402,520 523,276 654,095 1,046,552 1,308,190 2,616,380 and 5,232,760, with no remainder.

Since 5,232,760 cannot be divided by just 1 and 5,232,760, 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).