Q: Is 5,472,180 a Composite Number?

Why is 5,472,180 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 5,472,180 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 9 10 12 14 15 18 20 21 28 30 35 36 42 43 45 60 63 70 84 86 90 101 105 126 129 140 172 180 202 210 215 252 258 301 303 315 387 404 420 430 505 516 602 606 630 645 707 774 860 903 909 1,010 1,204 1,212 1,260 1,290 1,414 1,505 1,515 1,548 1,806 1,818 1,935 2,020 2,121 2,580 2,709 2,828 3,010 3,030 3,535 3,612 3,636 3,870 4,242 4,343 4,515 4,545 5,418 6,020 6,060 6,363 7,070 7,740 8,484 8,686 9,030 9,090 10,605 10,836 12,726 13,029 13,545 14,140 17,372 18,060 18,180 21,210 21,715 25,452 26,058 27,090 30,401 31,815 39,087 42,420 43,430 52,116 54,180 60,802 63,630 65,145 78,174 86,860 91,203 121,604 127,260 130,290 152,005 156,348 182,406 195,435 260,580 273,609 304,010 364,812 390,870 456,015 547,218 608,020 781,740 912,030 1,094,436 1,368,045 1,824,060 2,736,090 and 5,472,180, with no remainder.

Since 5,472,180 cannot be divided by just 1 and 5,472,180, 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).