Q: Is 5,657,120 a Composite Number?

Why is 5,657,120 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 5,657,120 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 7 8 10 14 16 20 28 32 35 40 56 70 80 112 140 160 224 280 560 1,120 5,051 10,102 20,204 25,255 35,357 40,408 50,510 70,714 80,816 101,020 141,428 161,632 176,785 202,040 282,856 353,570 404,080 565,712 707,140 808,160 1,131,424 1,414,280 2,828,560 and 5,657,120, with no remainder.

Since 5,657,120 cannot be divided by just 1 and 5,657,120, 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).