Q: Is 5,226,432 a Composite Number?

Why is 5,226,432 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 5,226,432 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 16 24 32 48 64 96 163 167 192 326 334 489 501 652 668 978 1,002 1,304 1,336 1,956 2,004 2,608 2,672 3,912 4,008 5,216 5,344 7,824 8,016 10,432 10,688 15,648 16,032 27,221 31,296 32,064 54,442 81,663 108,884 163,326 217,768 326,652 435,536 653,304 871,072 1,306,608 1,742,144 2,613,216 and 5,226,432, with no remainder.

Since 5,226,432 cannot be divided by just 1 and 5,226,432, 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).