Q: Is 5,138,784 a Composite Number?

Why is 5,138,784 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 5,138,784 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 12 14 16 18 21 24 28 32 36 42 48 56 63 72 84 96 112 126 144 168 224 252 288 336 504 672 1,008 2,016 2,549 5,098 7,647 10,196 15,294 17,843 20,392 22,941 30,588 35,686 40,784 45,882 53,529 61,176 71,372 81,568 91,764 107,058 122,352 142,744 160,587 183,528 214,116 244,704 285,488 321,174 367,056 428,232 570,976 642,348 734,112 856,464 1,284,696 1,712,928 2,569,392 and 5,138,784, with no remainder.

Since 5,138,784 cannot be divided by just 1 and 5,138,784, 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).