Q: Is 5,871,120 a Composite Number?

Why is 5,871,120 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 5,871,120 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 12 15 16 17 20 24 30 34 40 48 51 60 68 80 85 102 120 136 170 204 240 255 272 340 408 510 680 816 1,020 1,360 1,439 2,040 2,878 4,080 4,317 5,756 7,195 8,634 11,512 14,390 17,268 21,585 23,024 24,463 28,780 34,536 43,170 48,926 57,560 69,072 73,389 86,340 97,852 115,120 122,315 146,778 172,680 195,704 244,630 293,556 345,360 366,945 391,408 489,260 587,112 733,890 978,520 1,174,224 1,467,780 1,957,040 2,935,560 and 5,871,120, with no remainder.

Since 5,871,120 cannot be divided by just 1 and 5,871,120, 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).