Q: Is 5,502,120 a Composite Number?

Why is 5,502,120 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 5,502,120 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 12 13 15 20 24 26 30 39 40 52 60 65 78 104 120 130 156 195 260 312 390 520 780 1,560 3,527 7,054 10,581 14,108 17,635 21,162 28,216 35,270 42,324 45,851 52,905 70,540 84,648 91,702 105,810 137,553 141,080 183,404 211,620 229,255 275,106 366,808 423,240 458,510 550,212 687,765 917,020 1,100,424 1,375,530 1,834,040 2,751,060 and 5,502,120, with no remainder.

Since 5,502,120 cannot be divided by just 1 and 5,502,120, 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).