Q: Is 5,358,540 a Composite Number?

Why is 5,358,540 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 5,358,540 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 10 11 12 15 20 22 23 30 33 44 46 55 60 66 69 92 110 115 132 138 165 220 230 253 276 330 345 353 460 506 660 690 706 759 1,012 1,059 1,265 1,380 1,412 1,518 1,765 2,118 2,530 3,036 3,530 3,795 3,883 4,236 5,060 5,295 7,060 7,590 7,766 8,119 10,590 11,649 15,180 15,532 16,238 19,415 21,180 23,298 24,357 32,476 38,830 40,595 46,596 48,714 58,245 77,660 81,190 89,309 97,428 116,490 121,785 162,380 178,618 232,980 243,570 267,927 357,236 446,545 487,140 535,854 893,090 1,071,708 1,339,635 1,786,180 2,679,270 and 5,358,540, with no remainder.

Since 5,358,540 cannot be divided by just 1 and 5,358,540, 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).