Q: Is 5,892,720 a Composite Number?

Why is 5,892,720 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 5,892,720 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 12 15 16 20 24 30 40 43 48 60 80 86 120 129 172 215 240 258 344 430 516 571 645 688 860 1,032 1,142 1,290 1,713 1,720 2,064 2,284 2,580 2,855 3,426 3,440 4,568 5,160 5,710 6,852 8,565 9,136 10,320 11,420 13,704 17,130 22,840 24,553 27,408 34,260 45,680 49,106 68,520 73,659 98,212 122,765 137,040 147,318 196,424 245,530 294,636 368,295 392,848 491,060 589,272 736,590 982,120 1,178,544 1,473,180 1,964,240 2,946,360 and 5,892,720, with no remainder.

Since 5,892,720 cannot be divided by just 1 and 5,892,720, 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).