Q: Is 5,237,520 a Composite Number?

Why is 5,237,520 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 5,237,520 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 12 15 16 20 24 30 40 48 60 80 120 139 157 240 278 314 417 471 556 628 695 785 834 942 1,112 1,256 1,390 1,570 1,668 1,884 2,085 2,224 2,355 2,512 2,780 3,140 3,336 3,768 4,170 4,710 5,560 6,280 6,672 7,536 8,340 9,420 11,120 12,560 16,680 18,840 21,823 33,360 37,680 43,646 65,469 87,292 109,115 130,938 174,584 218,230 261,876 327,345 349,168 436,460 523,752 654,690 872,920 1,047,504 1,309,380 1,745,840 2,618,760 and 5,237,520, with no remainder.

Since 5,237,520 cannot be divided by just 1 and 5,237,520, 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).