Q: Is 5,534,520 a Composite Number?

Why is 5,534,520 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 5,534,520 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 12 15 17 20 24 30 34 40 51 60 68 85 102 120 136 170 204 255 340 408 510 680 1,020 2,040 2,713 5,426 8,139 10,852 13,565 16,278 21,704 27,130 32,556 40,695 46,121 54,260 65,112 81,390 92,242 108,520 138,363 162,780 184,484 230,605 276,726 325,560 368,968 461,210 553,452 691,815 922,420 1,106,904 1,383,630 1,844,840 2,767,260 and 5,534,520, with no remainder.

Since 5,534,520 cannot be divided by just 1 and 5,534,520, 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).