Q: Is 5,523,200 a Composite Number?

Why is 5,523,200 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 5,523,200 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 8 10 16 20 25 32 40 50 64 80 100 128 160 200 256 320 400 640 800 863 1,280 1,600 1,726 3,200 3,452 4,315 6,400 6,904 8,630 13,808 17,260 21,575 27,616 34,520 43,150 55,232 69,040 86,300 110,464 138,080 172,600 220,928 276,160 345,200 552,320 690,400 1,104,640 1,380,800 2,761,600 and 5,523,200, with no remainder.

Since 5,523,200 cannot be divided by just 1 and 5,523,200, 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).