Q: Is 5,532,540 a Composite Number?

Why is 5,532,540 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 5,532,540 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 10 12 13 15 20 26 30 39 41 52 60 65 78 82 123 130 156 164 173 195 205 246 260 346 390 410 492 519 533 615 692 780 820 865 1,038 1,066 1,230 1,599 1,730 2,076 2,132 2,249 2,460 2,595 2,665 3,198 3,460 4,498 5,190 5,330 6,396 6,747 7,093 7,995 8,996 10,380 10,660 11,245 13,494 14,186 15,990 21,279 22,490 26,988 28,372 31,980 33,735 35,465 42,558 44,980 67,470 70,930 85,116 92,209 106,395 134,940 141,860 184,418 212,790 276,627 368,836 425,580 461,045 553,254 922,090 1,106,508 1,383,135 1,844,180 2,766,270 and 5,532,540, with no remainder.

Since 5,532,540 cannot be divided by just 1 and 5,532,540, 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).