Q: Is 5,741,460 a Composite Number?

Why is 5,741,460 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 5,741,460 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 9 10 12 15 18 20 30 36 45 60 90 167 180 191 334 382 501 573 668 764 835 955 1,002 1,146 1,503 1,670 1,719 1,910 2,004 2,292 2,505 2,865 3,006 3,340 3,438 3,820 5,010 5,730 6,012 6,876 7,515 8,595 10,020 11,460 15,030 17,190 30,060 31,897 34,380 63,794 95,691 127,588 159,485 191,382 287,073 318,970 382,764 478,455 574,146 637,940 956,910 1,148,292 1,435,365 1,913,820 2,870,730 and 5,741,460, with no remainder.

Since 5,741,460 cannot be divided by just 1 and 5,741,460, 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).