Q: Is 5,755,920 a Composite Number?

Why is 5,755,920 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 5,755,920 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 12 15 16 20 24 29 30 40 48 58 60 80 87 116 120 145 174 232 240 290 348 435 464 580 696 827 870 1,160 1,392 1,654 1,740 2,320 2,481 3,308 3,480 4,135 4,962 6,616 6,960 8,270 9,924 12,405 13,232 16,540 19,848 23,983 24,810 33,080 39,696 47,966 49,620 66,160 71,949 95,932 99,240 119,915 143,898 191,864 198,480 239,830 287,796 359,745 383,728 479,660 575,592 719,490 959,320 1,151,184 1,438,980 1,918,640 2,877,960 and 5,755,920, with no remainder.

Since 5,755,920 cannot be divided by just 1 and 5,755,920, 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).