Q: Is 5,587,120 a Composite Number?

Why is 5,587,120 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 5,587,120 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 7 8 10 11 14 16 20 22 28 35 40 44 55 56 70 77 80 88 110 112 140 154 176 220 280 308 385 440 560 616 770 880 907 1,232 1,540 1,814 3,080 3,628 4,535 6,160 6,349 7,256 9,070 9,977 12,698 14,512 18,140 19,954 25,396 31,745 36,280 39,908 49,885 50,792 63,490 69,839 72,560 79,816 99,770 101,584 126,980 139,678 159,632 199,540 253,960 279,356 349,195 399,080 507,920 558,712 698,390 798,160 1,117,424 1,396,780 2,793,560 and 5,587,120, with no remainder.

Since 5,587,120 cannot be divided by just 1 and 5,587,120, 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).