Q: Is 5,574,240 a Composite Number?

Why is 5,574,240 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 5,574,240 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 12 14 15 16 18 20 21 24 28 30 32 35 36 40 42 45 48 49 56 60 63 70 72 79 80 84 90 96 98 105 112 120 126 140 144 147 158 160 168 180 196 210 224 237 240 245 252 280 288 294 315 316 336 360 392 395 420 441 474 480 490 504 553 560 588 630 632 672 711 720 735 784 790 840 882 948 980 1,008 1,106 1,120 1,176 1,185 1,260 1,264 1,422 1,440 1,470 1,568 1,580 1,659 1,680 1,764 1,896 1,960 2,016 2,205 2,212 2,352 2,370 2,520 2,528 2,765 2,844 2,940 3,160 3,318 3,360 3,528 3,555 3,792 3,871 3,920 4,410 4,424 4,704 4,740 4,977 5,040 5,530 5,688 5,880 6,320 6,636 7,056 7,110 7,584 7,742 7,840 8,295 8,820 8,848 9,480 9,954 10,080 11,060 11,376 11,613 11,760 12,640 13,272 14,112 14,220 15,484 16,590 17,640 17,696 18,960 19,355 19,908 22,120 22,752 23,226 23,520 24,885 26,544 28,440 30,968 33,180 34,839 35,280 37,920 38,710 39,816 44,240 46,452 49,770 53,088 56,880 58,065 61,936 66,360 69,678 70,560 77,420 79,632 88,480 92,904 99,540 113,760 116,130 123,872 132,720 139,356 154,840 159,264 174,195 185,808 199,080 232,260 265,440 278,712 309,680 348,390 371,616 398,160 464,520 557,424 619,360 696,780 796,320 929,040 1,114,848 1,393,560 1,858,080 2,787,120 and 5,574,240, with no remainder.

Since 5,574,240 cannot be divided by just 1 and 5,574,240, 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).