Q: Is 5,730,240 a Composite Number?

Why is 5,730,240 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 5,730,240 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 12 15 16 20 24 30 32 40 47 48 60 64 80 94 96 120 127 141 160 188 192 235 240 254 282 320 376 381 470 480 508 564 635 705 752 762 940 960 1,016 1,128 1,270 1,410 1,504 1,524 1,880 1,905 2,032 2,256 2,540 2,820 3,008 3,048 3,760 3,810 4,064 4,512 5,080 5,640 5,969 6,096 7,520 7,620 8,128 9,024 10,160 11,280 11,938 12,192 15,040 15,240 17,907 20,320 22,560 23,876 24,384 29,845 30,480 35,814 40,640 45,120 47,752 59,690 60,960 71,628 89,535 95,504 119,380 121,920 143,256 179,070 191,008 238,760 286,512 358,140 382,016 477,520 573,024 716,280 955,040 1,146,048 1,432,560 1,910,080 2,865,120 and 5,730,240, with no remainder.

Since 5,730,240 cannot be divided by just 1 and 5,730,240, 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).