Q: Is 5,742,600 a Composite Number?

Why is 5,742,600 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 5,742,600 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 12 15 17 20 24 25 30 34 40 50 51 60 68 75 85 100 102 120 136 150 170 200 204 255 300 340 408 425 510 563 600 680 850 1,020 1,126 1,275 1,689 1,700 2,040 2,252 2,550 2,815 3,378 3,400 4,504 5,100 5,630 6,756 8,445 9,571 10,200 11,260 13,512 14,075 16,890 19,142 22,520 28,150 28,713 33,780 38,284 42,225 47,855 56,300 57,426 67,560 76,568 84,450 95,710 112,600 114,852 143,565 168,900 191,420 229,704 239,275 287,130 337,800 382,840 478,550 574,260 717,825 957,100 1,148,520 1,435,650 1,914,200 2,871,300 and 5,742,600, with no remainder.

Since 5,742,600 cannot be divided by just 1 and 5,742,600, 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).