Q: Is 5,207,048 a Composite Number?

Why is 5,207,048 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 5,207,048 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 8 11 14 22 28 44 56 77 79 88 107 154 158 214 308 316 428 553 616 632 749 856 869 1,106 1,177 1,498 1,738 2,212 2,354 2,996 3,476 4,424 4,708 5,992 6,083 6,952 8,239 8,453 9,416 12,166 16,478 16,906 24,332 32,956 33,812 48,664 59,171 65,912 67,624 92,983 118,342 185,966 236,684 371,932 473,368 650,881 743,864 1,301,762 2,603,524 and 5,207,048, with no remainder.

Since 5,207,048 cannot be divided by just 1 and 5,207,048, 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).