Q: Is 5,225,748 a Composite Number?

Why is 5,225,748 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 5,225,748 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 11 12 22 33 44 59 61 66 118 121 122 132 177 183 236 242 244 354 363 366 484 649 671 708 726 732 1,298 1,342 1,452 1,947 2,013 2,596 2,684 3,599 3,894 4,026 7,139 7,198 7,381 7,788 8,052 10,797 14,278 14,396 14,762 21,417 21,594 22,143 28,556 29,524 39,589 42,834 43,188 44,286 79,178 85,668 88,572 118,767 158,356 237,534 435,479 475,068 870,958 1,306,437 1,741,916 2,612,874 and 5,225,748, with no remainder.

Since 5,225,748 cannot be divided by just 1 and 5,225,748, 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).