Q: Is 5,768,840 a Composite Number?

Why is 5,768,840 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 5,768,840 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 7 8 10 11 14 20 22 28 35 40 44 55 56 70 77 88 110 140 154 220 280 308 385 440 616 770 1,540 1,873 3,080 3,746 7,492 9,365 13,111 14,984 18,730 20,603 26,222 37,460 41,206 52,444 65,555 74,920 82,412 103,015 104,888 131,110 144,221 164,824 206,030 262,220 288,442 412,060 524,440 576,884 721,105 824,120 1,153,768 1,442,210 2,884,420 and 5,768,840, with no remainder.

Since 5,768,840 cannot be divided by just 1 and 5,768,840, 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).