Q: Is 5,078,752 a Composite Number?

Why is 5,078,752 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 5,078,752 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 8 14 16 28 32 41 49 56 79 82 98 112 158 164 196 224 287 316 328 392 553 574 632 656 784 1,106 1,148 1,264 1,312 1,568 2,009 2,212 2,296 2,528 3,239 3,871 4,018 4,424 4,592 6,478 7,742 8,036 8,848 9,184 12,956 15,484 16,072 17,696 22,673 25,912 30,968 32,144 45,346 51,824 61,936 64,288 90,692 103,648 123,872 158,711 181,384 317,422 362,768 634,844 725,536 1,269,688 2,539,376 and 5,078,752, with no remainder.

Since 5,078,752 cannot be divided by just 1 and 5,078,752, 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).