Q: Is 5,562,240 a Composite Number?

Why is 5,562,240 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 5,562,240 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 12 15 16 20 24 30 32 40 48 60 64 80 96 120 128 160 192 240 320 384 480 640 960 1,920 2,897 5,794 8,691 11,588 14,485 17,382 23,176 28,970 34,764 43,455 46,352 57,940 69,528 86,910 92,704 115,880 139,056 173,820 185,408 231,760 278,112 347,640 370,816 463,520 556,224 695,280 927,040 1,112,448 1,390,560 1,854,080 2,781,120 and 5,562,240, with no remainder.

Since 5,562,240 cannot be divided by just 1 and 5,562,240, 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).