Q: Is 5,032,272 a Composite Number?

Why is 5,032,272 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 5,032,272 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 12 14 16 17 21 24 28 34 42 48 51 56 68 84 102 112 119 136 168 204 238 272 336 357 408 476 714 816 881 952 1,428 1,762 1,904 2,643 2,856 3,524 5,286 5,712 6,167 7,048 10,572 12,334 14,096 14,977 18,501 21,144 24,668 29,954 37,002 42,288 44,931 49,336 59,908 74,004 89,862 98,672 104,839 119,816 148,008 179,724 209,678 239,632 296,016 314,517 359,448 419,356 629,034 718,896 838,712 1,258,068 1,677,424 2,516,136 and 5,032,272, with no remainder.

Since 5,032,272 cannot be divided by just 1 and 5,032,272, 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).