Q: Is 5,531,640 a Composite Number?

Why is 5,531,640 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 5,531,640 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 12 15 20 24 30 31 40 60 62 93 120 124 155 186 248 310 372 465 620 744 930 1,240 1,487 1,860 2,974 3,720 4,461 5,948 7,435 8,922 11,896 14,870 17,844 22,305 29,740 35,688 44,610 46,097 59,480 89,220 92,194 138,291 178,440 184,388 230,485 276,582 368,776 460,970 553,164 691,455 921,940 1,106,328 1,382,910 1,843,880 2,765,820 and 5,531,640, with no remainder.

Since 5,531,640 cannot be divided by just 1 and 5,531,640, 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).