Q: Is 5,745,420 a Composite Number?

Why is 5,745,420 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 5,745,420 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 9 10 12 15 18 20 30 36 45 59 60 90 118 177 180 236 295 354 531 541 590 708 885 1,062 1,082 1,180 1,623 1,770 2,124 2,164 2,655 2,705 3,246 3,540 4,869 5,310 5,410 6,492 8,115 9,738 10,620 10,820 16,230 19,476 24,345 31,919 32,460 48,690 63,838 95,757 97,380 127,676 159,595 191,514 287,271 319,190 383,028 478,785 574,542 638,380 957,570 1,149,084 1,436,355 1,915,140 2,872,710 and 5,745,420, with no remainder.

Since 5,745,420 cannot be divided by just 1 and 5,745,420, 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).