Q: Is 5,001,984 a Composite Number?

Why is 5,001,984 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 5,001,984 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 13 16 18 24 26 32 36 39 48 52 64 72 78 96 104 117 128 144 156 167 192 208 234 256 288 312 334 384 416 468 501 576 624 668 768 832 936 1,002 1,152 1,248 1,336 1,503 1,664 1,872 2,004 2,171 2,304 2,496 2,672 3,006 3,328 3,744 4,008 4,342 4,992 5,344 6,012 6,513 7,488 8,016 8,684 9,984 10,688 12,024 13,026 14,976 16,032 17,368 19,539 21,376 24,048 26,052 29,952 32,064 34,736 39,078 42,752 48,096 52,104 64,128 69,472 78,156 96,192 104,208 128,256 138,944 156,312 192,384 208,416 277,888 312,624 384,768 416,832 555,776 625,248 833,664 1,250,496 1,667,328 2,500,992 and 5,001,984, with no remainder.

Since 5,001,984 cannot be divided by just 1 and 5,001,984, 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).