Q: Is 5,242,752 a Composite Number?

Why is 5,242,752 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 5,242,752 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 24 27 32 36 37 41 48 54 64 72 74 82 96 108 111 123 128 144 148 164 192 216 222 246 288 296 328 333 369 384 432 444 492 576 592 656 666 738 864 888 984 999 1,107 1,152 1,184 1,312 1,332 1,476 1,517 1,728 1,776 1,968 1,998 2,214 2,368 2,624 2,664 2,952 3,034 3,456 3,552 3,936 3,996 4,428 4,551 4,736 5,248 5,328 5,904 6,068 7,104 7,872 7,992 8,856 9,102 10,656 11,808 12,136 13,653 14,208 15,744 15,984 17,712 18,204 21,312 23,616 24,272 27,306 31,968 35,424 36,408 40,959 42,624 47,232 48,544 54,612 63,936 70,848 72,816 81,918 97,088 109,224 127,872 141,696 145,632 163,836 194,176 218,448 291,264 327,672 436,896 582,528 655,344 873,792 1,310,688 1,747,584 2,621,376 and 5,242,752, with no remainder.

Since 5,242,752 cannot be divided by just 1 and 5,242,752, 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).