Q: Is 5,218,608 a Composite Number?

Why is 5,218,608 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 5,218,608 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 16 23 24 29 46 48 58 69 87 92 116 138 163 174 184 232 276 326 348 368 464 489 552 652 667 696 978 1,104 1,304 1,334 1,392 1,956 2,001 2,608 2,668 3,749 3,912 4,002 4,727 5,336 7,498 7,824 8,004 9,454 10,672 11,247 14,181 14,996 16,008 18,908 22,494 28,362 29,992 32,016 37,816 44,988 56,724 59,984 75,632 89,976 108,721 113,448 179,952 217,442 226,896 326,163 434,884 652,326 869,768 1,304,652 1,739,536 2,609,304 and 5,218,608, with no remainder.

Since 5,218,608 cannot be divided by just 1 and 5,218,608, 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).