Q: Is 5,775,920 a Composite Number?

Why is 5,775,920 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 5,775,920 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 8 10 16 17 20 31 34 40 62 68 80 85 124 136 137 155 170 248 272 274 310 340 496 527 548 620 680 685 1,054 1,096 1,240 1,360 1,370 2,108 2,192 2,329 2,480 2,635 2,740 4,216 4,247 4,658 5,270 5,480 8,432 8,494 9,316 10,540 10,960 11,645 16,988 18,632 21,080 21,235 23,290 33,976 37,264 42,160 42,470 46,580 67,952 72,199 84,940 93,160 144,398 169,880 186,320 288,796 339,760 360,995 577,592 721,990 1,155,184 1,443,980 2,887,960 and 5,775,920, with no remainder.

Since 5,775,920 cannot be divided by just 1 and 5,775,920, 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).