Q: Is 5,579,310 a Composite Number?

Why is 5,579,310 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 5,579,310 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 5 6 10 11 15 22 29 30 33 53 55 58 66 87 106 110 121 145 159 165 174 242 265 290 318 319 330 363 435 530 583 605 638 726 795 870 957 1,166 1,210 1,537 1,590 1,595 1,749 1,815 1,914 2,915 3,074 3,190 3,498 3,509 3,630 4,611 4,785 5,830 6,413 7,018 7,685 8,745 9,222 9,570 10,527 12,826 15,370 16,907 17,490 17,545 19,239 21,054 23,055 32,065 33,814 35,090 38,478 46,110 50,721 52,635 64,130 84,535 96,195 101,442 105,270 169,070 185,977 192,390 253,605 371,954 507,210 557,931 929,885 1,115,862 1,859,770 2,789,655 and 5,579,310, with no remainder.

Since 5,579,310 cannot be divided by just 1 and 5,579,310, 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).