Q: Is 5,595,040 a Composite Number?

Why is 5,595,040 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 5,595,040 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 8 10 11 16 17 20 22 32 34 40 44 55 68 80 85 88 110 121 136 160 170 176 187 220 242 272 289 340 352 374 440 484 544 578 605 680 748 880 935 968 1,156 1,210 1,360 1,445 1,496 1,760 1,870 1,936 2,057 2,312 2,420 2,720 2,890 2,992 3,179 3,740 3,872 4,114 4,624 4,840 5,780 5,984 6,358 7,480 8,228 9,248 9,680 10,285 11,560 12,716 14,960 15,895 16,456 19,360 20,570 23,120 25,432 29,920 31,790 32,912 34,969 41,140 46,240 50,864 63,580 65,824 69,938 82,280 101,728 127,160 139,876 164,560 174,845 254,320 279,752 329,120 349,690 508,640 559,504 699,380 1,119,008 1,398,760 2,797,520 and 5,595,040, with no remainder.

Since 5,595,040 cannot be divided by just 1 and 5,595,040, 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).