Q: Is 5,779,440 a Composite Number?

Why is 5,779,440 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 5,779,440 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 9 10 12 15 16 18 20 23 24 30 36 40 45 46 48 60 69 72 80 90 92 115 120 138 144 180 184 207 230 240 276 345 349 360 368 414 460 552 690 698 720 828 920 1,035 1,047 1,104 1,380 1,396 1,656 1,745 1,840 2,070 2,094 2,760 2,792 3,141 3,312 3,490 4,140 4,188 5,235 5,520 5,584 6,282 6,980 8,027 8,280 8,376 10,470 12,564 13,960 15,705 16,054 16,560 16,752 20,940 24,081 25,128 27,920 31,410 32,108 40,135 41,880 48,162 50,256 62,820 64,216 72,243 80,270 83,760 96,324 120,405 125,640 128,432 144,486 160,540 192,648 240,810 251,280 288,972 321,080 361,215 385,296 481,620 577,944 642,160 722,430 963,240 1,155,888 1,444,860 1,926,480 2,889,720 and 5,779,440, with no remainder.

Since 5,779,440 cannot be divided by just 1 and 5,779,440, 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).