Q: Is 5,558,220 a Composite Number?

Why is 5,558,220 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 5,558,220 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 9 10 12 15 18 20 27 30 36 45 47 54 60 73 81 90 94 108 135 141 146 162 180 188 219 235 270 282 292 324 365 405 423 438 470 540 564 657 705 730 810 846 876 940 1,095 1,269 1,314 1,410 1,460 1,620 1,692 1,971 2,115 2,190 2,538 2,628 2,820 3,285 3,431 3,807 3,942 4,230 4,380 5,076 5,913 6,345 6,570 6,862 7,614 7,884 8,460 9,855 10,293 11,826 12,690 13,140 13,724 15,228 17,155 19,035 19,710 20,586 23,652 25,380 29,565 30,879 34,310 38,070 39,420 41,172 51,465 59,130 61,758 68,620 76,140 92,637 102,930 118,260 123,516 154,395 185,274 205,860 277,911 308,790 370,548 463,185 555,822 617,580 926,370 1,111,644 1,389,555 1,852,740 2,779,110 and 5,558,220, with no remainder.

Since 5,558,220 cannot be divided by just 1 and 5,558,220, 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).