Q: Is 5,889,360 a Composite Number?

Why is 5,889,360 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 5,889,360 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 12 15 16 20 24 30 40 48 53 60 80 106 120 159 212 240 265 318 424 463 530 636 795 848 926 1,060 1,272 1,389 1,590 1,852 2,120 2,315 2,544 2,778 3,180 3,704 4,240 4,630 5,556 6,360 6,945 7,408 9,260 11,112 12,720 13,890 18,520 22,224 24,539 27,780 37,040 49,078 55,560 73,617 98,156 111,120 122,695 147,234 196,312 245,390 294,468 368,085 392,624 490,780 588,936 736,170 981,560 1,177,872 1,472,340 1,963,120 2,944,680 and 5,889,360, with no remainder.

Since 5,889,360 cannot be divided by just 1 and 5,889,360, 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).