Q: Is 5,885,840 a Composite Number?

Why is 5,885,840 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 5,885,840 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 8 10 16 20 29 40 43 58 59 80 86 116 118 145 172 215 232 236 290 295 344 430 464 472 580 590 688 860 944 1,160 1,180 1,247 1,711 1,720 2,320 2,360 2,494 2,537 3,422 3,440 4,720 4,988 5,074 6,235 6,844 8,555 9,976 10,148 12,470 12,685 13,688 17,110 19,952 20,296 24,940 25,370 27,376 34,220 40,592 49,880 50,740 68,440 73,573 99,760 101,480 136,880 147,146 202,960 294,292 367,865 588,584 735,730 1,177,168 1,471,460 2,942,920 and 5,885,840, with no remainder.

Since 5,885,840 cannot be divided by just 1 and 5,885,840, 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).