Q: Is 5,741,520 a Composite Number?

Why is 5,741,520 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 5,741,520 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 12 15 16 20 24 30 40 47 48 60 80 94 120 141 188 235 240 282 376 470 509 564 705 752 940 1,018 1,128 1,410 1,527 1,880 2,036 2,256 2,545 2,820 3,054 3,760 4,072 5,090 5,640 6,108 7,635 8,144 10,180 11,280 12,216 15,270 20,360 23,923 24,432 30,540 40,720 47,846 61,080 71,769 95,692 119,615 122,160 143,538 191,384 239,230 287,076 358,845 382,768 478,460 574,152 717,690 956,920 1,148,304 1,435,380 1,913,840 2,870,760 and 5,741,520, with no remainder.

Since 5,741,520 cannot be divided by just 1 and 5,741,520, 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).