Q: Is 5,723,560 a Composite Number?

Why is 5,723,560 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 5,723,560 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 8 10 17 19 20 34 38 40 68 76 85 95 136 152 170 190 323 340 380 443 646 680 760 886 1,292 1,615 1,772 2,215 2,584 3,230 3,544 4,430 6,460 7,531 8,417 8,860 12,920 15,062 16,834 17,720 30,124 33,668 37,655 42,085 60,248 67,336 75,310 84,170 143,089 150,620 168,340 286,178 301,240 336,680 572,356 715,445 1,144,712 1,430,890 2,861,780 and 5,723,560, with no remainder.

Since 5,723,560 cannot be divided by just 1 and 5,723,560, 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).