Q: Is 5,552,820 a Composite Number?

Why is 5,552,820 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 5,552,820 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 9 10 12 13 14 15 18 20 21 26 27 28 30 35 36 39 42 45 52 54 60 63 65 70 78 84 90 91 105 108 113 117 126 130 135 140 156 180 182 189 195 210 226 234 252 260 270 273 315 339 351 364 378 390 420 452 455 468 540 546 565 585 630 678 702 756 780 791 819 910 945 1,017 1,092 1,130 1,170 1,260 1,356 1,365 1,404 1,469 1,582 1,638 1,695 1,755 1,820 1,890 2,034 2,260 2,340 2,373 2,457 2,730 2,938 3,051 3,164 3,276 3,390 3,510 3,780 3,955 4,068 4,095 4,407 4,746 4,914 5,085 5,460 5,876 6,102 6,780 7,020 7,119 7,345 7,910 8,190 8,814 9,492 9,828 10,170 10,283 11,865 12,204 12,285 13,221 14,238 14,690 15,255 15,820 16,380 17,628 20,340 20,566 21,357 22,035 23,730 24,570 26,442 28,476 29,380 30,510 30,849 35,595 39,663 41,132 42,714 44,070 47,460 49,140 51,415 52,884 61,020 61,698 66,105 71,190 79,326 85,428 88,140 92,547 102,830 106,785 123,396 132,210 142,380 154,245 158,652 185,094 198,315 205,660 213,570 264,420 277,641 308,490 370,188 396,630 427,140 462,735 555,282 616,980 793,260 925,470 1,110,564 1,388,205 1,850,940 2,776,410 and 5,552,820, with no remainder.

Since 5,552,820 cannot be divided by just 1 and 5,552,820, 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).