Q: Is 5,241,544 a Composite Number?

Why is 5,241,544 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 5,241,544 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 8 11 14 22 28 44 56 67 77 88 127 134 154 254 268 308 469 508 536 616 737 889 938 1,016 1,397 1,474 1,778 1,876 2,794 2,948 3,556 3,752 5,159 5,588 5,896 7,112 8,509 9,779 10,318 11,176 17,018 19,558 20,636 34,036 39,116 41,272 59,563 68,072 78,232 93,599 119,126 187,198 238,252 374,396 476,504 655,193 748,792 1,310,386 2,620,772 and 5,241,544, with no remainder.

Since 5,241,544 cannot be divided by just 1 and 5,241,544, 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).