Q: Is 5,117,376 a Composite Number?

Why is 5,117,376 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 5,117,376 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 11 12 16 22 24 32 33 44 48 64 66 88 96 132 176 192 264 352 528 704 1,056 2,112 2,423 4,846 7,269 9,692 14,538 19,384 26,653 29,076 38,768 53,306 58,152 77,536 79,959 106,612 116,304 155,072 159,918 213,224 232,608 319,836 426,448 465,216 639,672 852,896 1,279,344 1,705,792 2,558,688 and 5,117,376, with no remainder.

Since 5,117,376 cannot be divided by just 1 and 5,117,376, 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).