Q: Is 5,774,880 a Composite Number?

Why is 5,774,880 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 5,774,880 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 12 15 16 20 24 30 32 40 48 53 60 80 96 106 120 159 160 212 227 240 265 318 424 454 480 530 636 681 795 848 908 1,060 1,135 1,272 1,362 1,590 1,696 1,816 2,120 2,270 2,544 2,724 3,180 3,405 3,632 4,240 4,540 5,088 5,448 6,360 6,810 7,264 8,480 9,080 10,896 12,031 12,720 13,620 18,160 21,792 24,062 25,440 27,240 36,093 36,320 48,124 54,480 60,155 72,186 96,248 108,960 120,310 144,372 180,465 192,496 240,620 288,744 360,930 384,992 481,240 577,488 721,860 962,480 1,154,976 1,443,720 1,924,960 2,887,440 and 5,774,880, with no remainder.

Since 5,774,880 cannot be divided by just 1 and 5,774,880, 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).