Q: Is 5,523,440 a Composite Number?

Why is 5,523,440 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 5,523,440 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 8 10 13 16 20 26 40 47 52 65 80 94 104 113 130 188 208 226 235 260 376 452 470 520 565 611 752 904 940 1,040 1,130 1,222 1,469 1,808 1,880 2,260 2,444 2,938 3,055 3,760 4,520 4,888 5,311 5,876 6,110 7,345 9,040 9,776 10,622 11,752 12,220 14,690 21,244 23,504 24,440 26,555 29,380 42,488 48,880 53,110 58,760 69,043 84,976 106,220 117,520 138,086 212,440 276,172 345,215 424,880 552,344 690,430 1,104,688 1,380,860 2,761,720 and 5,523,440, with no remainder.

Since 5,523,440 cannot be divided by just 1 and 5,523,440, 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).