Q: Is 5,998,740 a Composite Number?

Why is 5,998,740 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 5,998,740 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 10 11 12 15 20 22 30 33 44 55 60 61 66 110 122 132 149 165 183 220 244 298 305 330 366 447 596 610 660 671 732 745 894 915 1,220 1,342 1,490 1,639 1,788 1,830 2,013 2,235 2,684 2,980 3,278 3,355 3,660 4,026 4,470 4,917 6,556 6,710 8,052 8,195 8,940 9,089 9,834 10,065 13,420 16,390 18,178 19,668 20,130 24,585 27,267 32,780 36,356 40,260 45,445 49,170 54,534 90,890 98,340 99,979 109,068 136,335 181,780 199,958 272,670 299,937 399,916 499,895 545,340 599,874 999,790 1,199,748 1,499,685 1,999,580 2,999,370 and 5,998,740, with no remainder.

Since 5,998,740 cannot be divided by just 1 and 5,998,740, 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).