Q: Is 5,531,240 a Composite Number?

Why is 5,531,240 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 5,531,240 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 8 10 11 13 20 22 26 40 44 52 55 65 88 104 110 130 143 220 260 286 440 520 572 715 967 1,144 1,430 1,934 2,860 3,868 4,835 5,720 7,736 9,670 10,637 12,571 19,340 21,274 25,142 38,680 42,548 50,284 53,185 62,855 85,096 100,568 106,370 125,710 138,281 212,740 251,420 276,562 425,480 502,840 553,124 691,405 1,106,248 1,382,810 2,765,620 and 5,531,240, with no remainder.

Since 5,531,240 cannot be divided by just 1 and 5,531,240, 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).