Q: Is 5,543,560 a Composite Number?

Why is 5,543,560 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 5,543,560 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 8 10 11 20 22 40 43 44 55 86 88 110 172 215 220 293 344 430 440 473 586 860 946 1,172 1,465 1,720 1,892 2,344 2,365 2,930 3,223 3,784 4,730 5,860 6,446 9,460 11,720 12,599 12,892 16,115 18,920 25,198 25,784 32,230 50,396 62,995 64,460 100,792 125,990 128,920 138,589 251,980 277,178 503,960 554,356 692,945 1,108,712 1,385,890 2,771,780 and 5,543,560, with no remainder.

Since 5,543,560 cannot be divided by just 1 and 5,543,560, 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).