Q: Is 5,854,920 a Composite Number?

Why is 5,854,920 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 5,854,920 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 12 15 20 24 30 40 60 97 120 194 291 388 485 503 582 776 970 1,006 1,164 1,455 1,509 1,940 2,012 2,328 2,515 2,910 3,018 3,880 4,024 5,030 5,820 6,036 7,545 10,060 11,640 12,072 15,090 20,120 30,180 48,791 60,360 97,582 146,373 195,164 243,955 292,746 390,328 487,910 585,492 731,865 975,820 1,170,984 1,463,730 1,951,640 2,927,460 and 5,854,920, with no remainder.

Since 5,854,920 cannot be divided by just 1 and 5,854,920, 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).