Q: Is 5,558,880 a Composite Number?

Why is 5,558,880 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 5,558,880 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 12 15 16 20 24 30 32 37 40 48 60 74 80 96 111 120 148 160 185 222 240 296 313 370 444 480 555 592 626 740 888 939 1,110 1,184 1,252 1,480 1,565 1,776 1,878 2,220 2,504 2,960 3,130 3,552 3,756 4,440 4,695 5,008 5,920 6,260 7,512 8,880 9,390 10,016 11,581 12,520 15,024 17,760 18,780 23,162 25,040 30,048 34,743 37,560 46,324 50,080 57,905 69,486 75,120 92,648 115,810 138,972 150,240 173,715 185,296 231,620 277,944 347,430 370,592 463,240 555,888 694,860 926,480 1,111,776 1,389,720 1,852,960 2,779,440 and 5,558,880, with no remainder.

Since 5,558,880 cannot be divided by just 1 and 5,558,880, 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).