Q: Is 5,967,720 a Composite Number?

Why is 5,967,720 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 5,967,720 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 9 10 11 12 15 18 20 22 24 30 33 36 40 44 45 55 60 66 72 88 90 99 110 120 121 132 137 165 180 198 220 242 264 274 330 360 363 396 411 440 484 495 548 605 660 685 726 792 822 968 990 1,089 1,096 1,210 1,233 1,320 1,370 1,452 1,507 1,644 1,815 1,980 2,055 2,178 2,420 2,466 2,740 2,904 3,014 3,288 3,630 3,960 4,110 4,356 4,521 4,840 4,932 5,445 5,480 6,028 6,165 7,260 7,535 8,220 8,712 9,042 9,864 10,890 12,056 12,330 13,563 14,520 15,070 16,440 16,577 18,084 21,780 22,605 24,660 27,126 30,140 33,154 36,168 43,560 45,210 49,320 49,731 54,252 60,280 66,308 67,815 82,885 90,420 99,462 108,504 132,616 135,630 149,193 165,770 180,840 198,924 248,655 271,260 298,386 331,540 397,848 497,310 542,520 596,772 663,080 745,965 994,620 1,193,544 1,491,930 1,989,240 2,983,860 and 5,967,720, with no remainder.

Since 5,967,720 cannot be divided by just 1 and 5,967,720, 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).