Q: Is 5,579,040 a Composite Number?

Why is 5,579,040 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 5,579,040 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 12 15 16 20 24 30 32 40 48 59 60 80 96 118 120 160 177 197 236 240 295 354 394 472 480 590 591 708 788 885 944 985 1,180 1,182 1,416 1,576 1,770 1,888 1,970 2,360 2,364 2,832 2,955 3,152 3,540 3,940 4,720 4,728 5,664 5,910 6,304 7,080 7,880 9,440 9,456 11,623 11,820 14,160 15,760 18,912 23,246 23,640 28,320 31,520 34,869 46,492 47,280 58,115 69,738 92,984 94,560 116,230 139,476 174,345 185,968 232,460 278,952 348,690 371,936 464,920 557,904 697,380 929,840 1,115,808 1,394,760 1,859,680 2,789,520 and 5,579,040, with no remainder.

Since 5,579,040 cannot be divided by just 1 and 5,579,040, 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).