Q: Is 5,731,600 a Composite Number?

Why is 5,731,600 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 5,731,600 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 7 8 10 14 16 20 23 25 28 35 40 46 50 56 70 80 89 92 100 112 115 140 161 175 178 184 200 230 280 322 350 356 368 400 445 460 560 575 623 644 700 712 805 890 920 1,150 1,246 1,288 1,400 1,424 1,610 1,780 1,840 2,047 2,225 2,300 2,492 2,576 2,800 3,115 3,220 3,560 4,025 4,094 4,450 4,600 4,984 6,230 6,440 7,120 8,050 8,188 8,900 9,200 9,968 10,235 12,460 12,880 14,329 15,575 16,100 16,376 17,800 20,470 24,920 28,658 31,150 32,200 32,752 35,600 40,940 49,840 51,175 57,316 62,300 64,400 71,645 81,880 102,350 114,632 124,600 143,290 163,760 204,700 229,264 249,200 286,580 358,225 409,400 573,160 716,450 818,800 1,146,320 1,432,900 2,865,800 and 5,731,600, with no remainder.

Since 5,731,600 cannot be divided by just 1 and 5,731,600, 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).