Q: Is 5,264,352 a Composite Number?

Why is 5,264,352 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 5,264,352 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 24 27 32 36 48 54 72 81 96 108 144 162 216 243 288 324 432 486 648 677 864 972 1,296 1,354 1,944 2,031 2,592 2,708 3,888 4,062 5,416 6,093 7,776 8,124 10,832 12,186 16,248 18,279 21,664 24,372 32,496 36,558 48,744 54,837 64,992 73,116 97,488 109,674 146,232 164,511 194,976 219,348 292,464 329,022 438,696 584,928 658,044 877,392 1,316,088 1,754,784 2,632,176 and 5,264,352, with no remainder.

Since 5,264,352 cannot be divided by just 1 and 5,264,352, 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).