Q: Is 5,432,570 a Composite Number?

Why is 5,432,570 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 5,432,570 can be evenly divided by 1 2 5 10 11 13 22 26 29 55 58 65 110 130 131 143 145 262 286 290 319 377 638 655 715 754 1,310 1,430 1,441 1,595 1,703 1,885 2,882 3,190 3,406 3,770 3,799 4,147 7,205 7,598 8,294 8,515 14,410 17,030 18,733 18,995 20,735 37,466 37,990 41,470 41,789 49,387 83,578 93,665 98,774 187,330 208,945 246,935 417,890 493,870 543,257 1,086,514 2,716,285 and 5,432,570, with no remainder.

Since 5,432,570 cannot be divided by just 1 and 5,432,570, 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).