Q: Is 5,274,960 a Composite Number?

Why is 5,274,960 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 5,274,960 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 12 15 16 20 24 30 31 40 48 60 62 80 93 120 124 155 186 240 248 310 372 465 496 620 709 744 930 1,240 1,418 1,488 1,860 2,127 2,480 2,836 3,545 3,720 4,254 5,672 7,090 7,440 8,508 10,635 11,344 14,180 17,016 21,270 21,979 28,360 34,032 42,540 43,958 56,720 65,937 85,080 87,916 109,895 131,874 170,160 175,832 219,790 263,748 329,685 351,664 439,580 527,496 659,370 879,160 1,054,992 1,318,740 1,758,320 2,637,480 and 5,274,960, with no remainder.

Since 5,274,960 cannot be divided by just 1 and 5,274,960, 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).