Q: Is 5,772,520 a Composite Number?

Why is 5,772,520 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 5,772,520 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 8 10 13 17 20 26 34 40 52 65 68 85 104 130 136 170 221 260 340 442 520 653 680 884 1,105 1,306 1,768 2,210 2,612 3,265 4,420 5,224 6,530 8,489 8,840 11,101 13,060 16,978 22,202 26,120 33,956 42,445 44,404 55,505 67,912 84,890 88,808 111,010 144,313 169,780 222,020 288,626 339,560 444,040 577,252 721,565 1,154,504 1,443,130 2,886,260 and 5,772,520, with no remainder.

Since 5,772,520 cannot be divided by just 1 and 5,772,520, 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).