Q: Is 5,740,128 a Composite Number?

Why is 5,740,128 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 5,740,128 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 19 24 32 36 38 48 57 72 76 96 114 144 152 171 228 288 304 342 456 608 684 912 1,049 1,368 1,824 2,098 2,736 3,147 4,196 5,472 6,294 8,392 9,441 12,588 16,784 18,882 19,931 25,176 33,568 37,764 39,862 50,352 59,793 75,528 79,724 100,704 119,586 151,056 159,448 179,379 239,172 302,112 318,896 358,758 478,344 637,792 717,516 956,688 1,435,032 1,913,376 2,870,064 and 5,740,128, with no remainder.

Since 5,740,128 cannot be divided by just 1 and 5,740,128, 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).