Q: Is 5,774,340 a Composite Number?

Why is 5,774,340 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 5,774,340 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 10 11 12 13 15 20 22 26 30 33 39 44 52 55 60 65 66 78 110 130 132 143 156 165 195 220 260 286 330 390 429 572 660 673 715 780 858 1,346 1,430 1,716 2,019 2,145 2,692 2,860 3,365 4,038 4,290 6,730 7,403 8,076 8,580 8,749 10,095 13,460 14,806 17,498 20,190 22,209 26,247 29,612 34,996 37,015 40,380 43,745 44,418 52,494 74,030 87,490 88,836 96,239 104,988 111,045 131,235 148,060 174,980 192,478 222,090 262,470 288,717 384,956 444,180 481,195 524,940 577,434 962,390 1,154,868 1,443,585 1,924,780 2,887,170 and 5,774,340, with no remainder.

Since 5,774,340 cannot be divided by just 1 and 5,774,340, 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).