Q: Is 5,550,960 a Composite Number?

Why is 5,550,960 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 5,550,960 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 12 15 16 20 24 30 40 48 60 80 101 120 202 229 240 303 404 458 505 606 687 808 916 1,010 1,145 1,212 1,374 1,515 1,616 1,832 2,020 2,290 2,424 2,748 3,030 3,435 3,664 4,040 4,580 4,848 5,496 6,060 6,870 8,080 9,160 10,992 12,120 13,740 18,320 23,129 24,240 27,480 46,258 54,960 69,387 92,516 115,645 138,774 185,032 231,290 277,548 346,935 370,064 462,580 555,096 693,870 925,160 1,110,192 1,387,740 1,850,320 2,775,480 and 5,550,960, with no remainder.

Since 5,550,960 cannot be divided by just 1 and 5,550,960, 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).