Q: Is 5,242,608 a Composite Number?

Why is 5,242,608 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 5,242,608 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 12 14 16 18 21 24 28 36 42 48 49 56 63 72 84 98 112 126 144 147 168 196 252 294 336 392 441 504 588 743 784 882 1,008 1,176 1,486 1,764 2,229 2,352 2,972 3,528 4,458 5,201 5,944 6,687 7,056 8,916 10,402 11,888 13,374 15,603 17,832 20,804 26,748 31,206 35,664 36,407 41,608 46,809 53,496 62,412 72,814 83,216 93,618 106,992 109,221 124,824 145,628 187,236 218,442 249,648 291,256 327,663 374,472 436,884 582,512 655,326 748,944 873,768 1,310,652 1,747,536 2,621,304 and 5,242,608, with no remainder.

Since 5,242,608 cannot be divided by just 1 and 5,242,608, 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).