Q: Is 5,769,840 a Composite Number?

Why is 5,769,840 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 5,769,840 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 87 116 120 145 174 232 240 290 348 435 464 580 696 829 870 1,160 1,392 1,658 1,740 2,320 2,487 3,316 3,480 4,145 4,974 6,632 6,960 8,290 9,948 12,435 13,264 16,580 19,896 24,041 24,870 33,160 39,792 48,082 49,740 66,320 72,123 96,164 99,480 120,205 144,246 192,328 198,960 240,410 288,492 360,615 384,656 480,820 576,984 721,230 961,640 1,153,968 1,442,460 1,923,280 2,884,920 and 5,769,840, with no remainder.

Since 5,769,840 cannot be divided by just 1 and 5,769,840, 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).