Q: Is 5,254,480 a Composite Number?

Why is 5,254,480 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 5,254,480 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 7 8 10 11 14 16 20 22 28 35 40 44 55 56 70 77 80 88 110 112 140 154 176 220 280 308 385 440 560 616 770 853 880 1,232 1,540 1,706 3,080 3,412 4,265 5,971 6,160 6,824 8,530 9,383 11,942 13,648 17,060 18,766 23,884 29,855 34,120 37,532 46,915 47,768 59,710 65,681 68,240 75,064 93,830 95,536 119,420 131,362 150,128 187,660 238,840 262,724 328,405 375,320 477,680 525,448 656,810 750,640 1,050,896 1,313,620 2,627,240 and 5,254,480, with no remainder.

Since 5,254,480 cannot be divided by just 1 and 5,254,480, 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).