Q: Is 5,888,960 a Composite Number?

Why is 5,888,960 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 5,888,960 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 7 8 10 11 14 16 20 22 28 32 35 40 44 55 56 64 70 77 80 88 110 112 140 154 160 176 220 224 239 280 308 320 352 385 440 448 478 560 616 704 770 880 956 1,120 1,195 1,232 1,540 1,673 1,760 1,912 2,240 2,390 2,464 2,629 3,080 3,346 3,520 3,824 4,780 4,928 5,258 6,160 6,692 7,648 8,365 9,560 10,516 12,320 13,145 13,384 15,296 16,730 18,403 19,120 21,032 24,640 26,290 26,768 33,460 36,806 38,240 42,064 52,580 53,536 66,920 73,612 76,480 84,128 92,015 105,160 107,072 133,840 147,224 168,256 184,030 210,320 267,680 294,448 368,060 420,640 535,360 588,896 736,120 841,280 1,177,792 1,472,240 2,944,480 and 5,888,960, with no remainder.

Since 5,888,960 cannot be divided by just 1 and 5,888,960, 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).