Q: Is 5,324,328 a Composite Number?

Why is 5,324,328 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 5,324,328 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 18 24 36 72 73 146 219 292 438 584 657 876 1,013 1,314 1,752 2,026 2,628 3,039 4,052 5,256 6,078 8,104 9,117 12,156 18,234 24,312 36,468 72,936 73,949 147,898 221,847 295,796 443,694 591,592 665,541 887,388 1,331,082 1,774,776 2,662,164 and 5,324,328, with no remainder.

Since 5,324,328 cannot be divided by just 1 and 5,324,328, 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).