Q: Is 5,353,480 a Composite Number?

Why is 5,353,480 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 5,353,480 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 8 10 11 20 22 23 40 44 46 55 88 92 110 115 184 220 230 253 440 460 506 529 920 1,012 1,058 1,265 2,024 2,116 2,530 2,645 4,232 5,060 5,290 5,819 10,120 10,580 11,638 12,167 21,160 23,276 24,334 29,095 46,552 48,668 58,190 60,835 97,336 116,380 121,670 133,837 232,760 243,340 267,674 486,680 535,348 669,185 1,070,696 1,338,370 2,676,740 and 5,353,480, with no remainder.

Since 5,353,480 cannot be divided by just 1 and 5,353,480, 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).