Q: Is 5,435,760 a Composite Number?

Why is 5,435,760 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 5,435,760 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 11 12 15 16 20 22 24 29 30 33 40 44 48 55 58 60 66 71 80 87 88 110 116 120 132 142 145 165 174 176 213 220 232 240 264 284 290 319 330 348 355 426 435 440 464 528 568 580 638 660 696 710 781 852 870 880 957 1,065 1,136 1,160 1,276 1,320 1,392 1,420 1,562 1,595 1,704 1,740 1,914 2,059 2,130 2,320 2,343 2,552 2,640 2,840 3,124 3,190 3,408 3,480 3,828 3,905 4,118 4,260 4,686 4,785 5,104 5,680 6,177 6,248 6,380 6,960 7,656 7,810 8,236 8,520 9,372 9,570 10,295 11,715 12,354 12,496 12,760 15,312 15,620 16,472 17,040 18,744 19,140 20,590 22,649 23,430 24,708 25,520 30,885 31,240 32,944 37,488 38,280 41,180 45,298 46,860 49,416 61,770 62,480 67,947 76,560 82,360 90,596 93,720 98,832 113,245 123,540 135,894 164,720 181,192 187,440 226,490 247,080 271,788 339,735 362,384 452,980 494,160 543,576 679,470 905,960 1,087,152 1,358,940 1,811,920 2,717,880 and 5,435,760, with no remainder.

Since 5,435,760 cannot be divided by just 1 and 5,435,760, 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).