Q: Is 5,559,000 a Composite Number?

Why is 5,559,000 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 5,559,000 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 12 15 17 20 24 25 30 34 40 50 51 60 68 75 85 100 102 109 120 125 136 150 170 200 204 218 250 255 300 327 340 375 408 425 436 500 510 545 600 654 680 750 850 872 1,000 1,020 1,090 1,275 1,308 1,500 1,635 1,700 1,853 2,040 2,125 2,180 2,550 2,616 2,725 3,000 3,270 3,400 3,706 4,250 4,360 5,100 5,450 5,559 6,375 6,540 7,412 8,175 8,500 9,265 10,200 10,900 11,118 12,750 13,080 13,625 14,824 16,350 17,000 18,530 21,800 22,236 25,500 27,250 27,795 32,700 37,060 40,875 44,472 46,325 51,000 54,500 55,590 65,400 74,120 81,750 92,650 109,000 111,180 138,975 163,500 185,300 222,360 231,625 277,950 327,000 370,600 463,250 555,900 694,875 926,500 1,111,800 1,389,750 1,853,000 2,779,500 and 5,559,000, with no remainder.

Since 5,559,000 cannot be divided by just 1 and 5,559,000, 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).