Q: Is 5,209,488 a Composite Number?

Why is 5,209,488 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 5,209,488 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 24 27 31 36 48 54 62 72 93 108 124 144 186 216 248 279 372 389 432 496 558 744 778 837 1,116 1,167 1,488 1,556 1,674 2,232 2,334 3,112 3,348 3,501 4,464 4,668 6,224 6,696 7,002 9,336 10,503 12,059 13,392 14,004 18,672 21,006 24,118 28,008 36,177 42,012 48,236 56,016 72,354 84,024 96,472 108,531 144,708 168,048 192,944 217,062 289,416 325,593 434,124 578,832 651,186 868,248 1,302,372 1,736,496 2,604,744 and 5,209,488, with no remainder.

Since 5,209,488 cannot be divided by just 1 and 5,209,488, 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).