Q: Is 5,740,400 a Composite Number?

Why is 5,740,400 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 5,740,400 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 8 10 16 20 25 40 50 80 100 113 127 200 226 254 400 452 508 565 635 904 1,016 1,130 1,270 1,808 2,032 2,260 2,540 2,825 3,175 4,520 5,080 5,650 6,350 9,040 10,160 11,300 12,700 14,351 22,600 25,400 28,702 45,200 50,800 57,404 71,755 114,808 143,510 229,616 287,020 358,775 574,040 717,550 1,148,080 1,435,100 2,870,200 and 5,740,400, with no remainder.

Since 5,740,400 cannot be divided by just 1 and 5,740,400, 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).