Q: Is 5,578,320 a Composite Number?

Why is 5,578,320 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 5,578,320 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 11 12 15 16 20 22 24 30 33 40 44 48 55 60 66 80 88 110 120 132 165 176 220 240 264 330 440 528 660 880 1,320 2,113 2,640 4,226 6,339 8,452 10,565 12,678 16,904 21,130 23,243 25,356 31,695 33,808 42,260 46,486 50,712 63,390 69,729 84,520 92,972 101,424 116,215 126,780 139,458 169,040 185,944 232,430 253,560 278,916 348,645 371,888 464,860 507,120 557,832 697,290 929,720 1,115,664 1,394,580 1,859,440 2,789,160 and 5,578,320, with no remainder.

Since 5,578,320 cannot be divided by just 1 and 5,578,320, 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).