Q: Is 5,555,940 a Composite Number?

Why is 5,555,940 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 5,555,940 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 10 12 13 15 17 20 26 30 34 39 51 52 60 65 68 78 85 102 130 156 170 195 204 221 255 260 340 390 419 442 510 663 780 838 884 1,020 1,105 1,257 1,326 1,676 2,095 2,210 2,514 2,652 3,315 4,190 4,420 5,028 5,447 6,285 6,630 7,123 8,380 10,894 12,570 13,260 14,246 16,341 21,369 21,788 25,140 27,235 28,492 32,682 35,615 42,738 54,470 65,364 71,230 81,705 85,476 92,599 106,845 108,940 142,460 163,410 185,198 213,690 277,797 326,820 370,396 427,380 462,995 555,594 925,990 1,111,188 1,388,985 1,851,980 2,777,970 and 5,555,940, with no remainder.

Since 5,555,940 cannot be divided by just 1 and 5,555,940, 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).