Q: Is 5,266,968 a Composite Number?

Why is 5,266,968 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 5,266,968 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 12 14 21 24 28 42 56 84 107 168 214 293 321 428 586 642 749 856 879 1,172 1,284 1,498 1,758 2,051 2,247 2,344 2,568 2,996 3,516 4,102 4,494 5,992 6,153 7,032 8,204 8,988 12,306 16,408 17,976 24,612 31,351 49,224 62,702 94,053 125,404 188,106 219,457 250,808 376,212 438,914 658,371 752,424 877,828 1,316,742 1,755,656 2,633,484 and 5,266,968, with no remainder.

Since 5,266,968 cannot be divided by just 1 and 5,266,968, 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).