Q: Is 5,568,960 a Composite Number?

Why is 5,568,960 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 5,568,960 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 96 120 160 192 240 320 480 960 5,801 11,602 17,403 23,204 29,005 34,806 46,408 58,010 69,612 87,015 92,816 116,020 139,224 174,030 185,632 232,040 278,448 348,060 371,264 464,080 556,896 696,120 928,160 1,113,792 1,392,240 1,856,320 2,784,480 and 5,568,960, with no remainder.

Since 5,568,960 cannot be divided by just 1 and 5,568,960, 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).