Q: Is 5,876,220 a Composite Number?

Why is 5,876,220 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 5,876,220 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 10 12 14 15 17 20 21 28 30 34 35 42 51 60 68 70 84 85 102 105 119 140 170 204 210 238 255 340 357 420 476 510 595 714 823 1,020 1,190 1,428 1,646 1,785 2,380 2,469 3,292 3,570 4,115 4,938 5,761 7,140 8,230 9,876 11,522 12,345 13,991 16,460 17,283 23,044 24,690 27,982 28,805 34,566 41,973 49,380 55,964 57,610 69,132 69,955 83,946 86,415 97,937 115,220 139,910 167,892 172,830 195,874 209,865 279,820 293,811 345,660 391,748 419,730 489,685 587,622 839,460 979,370 1,175,244 1,469,055 1,958,740 2,938,110 and 5,876,220, with no remainder.

Since 5,876,220 cannot be divided by just 1 and 5,876,220, 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).