Q: Is 5,775,240 a Composite Number?

Why is 5,775,240 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 5,775,240 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 12 15 17 19 20 24 30 34 38 40 51 57 60 68 76 85 95 102 114 120 136 149 152 170 190 204 228 255 285 298 323 340 380 408 447 456 510 570 596 646 680 745 760 894 969 1,020 1,140 1,192 1,292 1,490 1,615 1,788 1,938 2,040 2,235 2,280 2,533 2,584 2,831 2,980 3,230 3,576 3,876 4,470 4,845 5,066 5,662 5,960 6,460 7,599 7,752 8,493 8,940 9,690 10,132 11,324 12,665 12,920 14,155 15,198 16,986 17,880 19,380 20,264 22,648 25,330 28,310 30,396 33,972 37,995 38,760 42,465 48,127 50,660 56,620 60,792 67,944 75,990 84,930 96,254 101,320 113,240 144,381 151,980 169,860 192,508 240,635 288,762 303,960 339,720 385,016 481,270 577,524 721,905 962,540 1,155,048 1,443,810 1,925,080 2,887,620 and 5,775,240, with no remainder.

Since 5,775,240 cannot be divided by just 1 and 5,775,240, 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).