Q: Is 5,566,120 a Composite Number?

Why is 5,566,120 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 5,566,120 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 7 8 10 14 20 28 35 40 56 70 103 140 193 206 280 386 412 515 721 772 824 965 1,030 1,351 1,442 1,544 1,930 2,060 2,702 2,884 3,605 3,860 4,120 5,404 5,768 6,755 7,210 7,720 10,808 13,510 14,420 19,879 27,020 28,840 39,758 54,040 79,516 99,395 139,153 159,032 198,790 278,306 397,580 556,612 695,765 795,160 1,113,224 1,391,530 2,783,060 and 5,566,120, with no remainder.

Since 5,566,120 cannot be divided by just 1 and 5,566,120, 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).