Q: Is 5,038,392 a Composite Number?

Why is 5,038,392 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 5,038,392 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 17 24 34 51 53 68 102 106 136 159 204 212 233 318 408 424 466 636 699 901 932 1,272 1,398 1,802 1,864 2,703 2,796 3,604 3,961 5,406 5,592 7,208 7,922 10,812 11,883 12,349 15,844 21,624 23,766 24,698 31,688 37,047 47,532 49,396 74,094 95,064 98,792 148,188 209,933 296,376 419,866 629,799 839,732 1,259,598 1,679,464 2,519,196 and 5,038,392, with no remainder.

Since 5,038,392 cannot be divided by just 1 and 5,038,392, 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).