Q: Is 5,803,460 a Composite Number?

Why is 5,803,460 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 5,803,460 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 10 13 17 20 26 34 52 65 68 85 101 130 169 170 202 221 260 338 340 404 442 505 676 845 884 1,010 1,105 1,313 1,690 1,717 2,020 2,210 2,626 2,873 3,380 3,434 4,420 5,252 5,746 6,565 6,868 8,585 11,492 13,130 14,365 17,069 17,170 22,321 26,260 28,730 34,138 34,340 44,642 57,460 68,276 85,345 89,284 111,605 170,690 223,210 290,173 341,380 446,420 580,346 1,160,692 1,450,865 2,901,730 and 5,803,460, with no remainder.

Since 5,803,460 cannot be divided by just 1 and 5,803,460, 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).