Q: Is 5,335,824 a Composite Number?

Why is 5,335,824 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 5,335,824 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 13 16 17 24 26 34 39 48 51 52 68 78 102 104 136 156 204 208 221 272 312 408 442 503 624 663 816 884 1,006 1,326 1,509 1,768 2,012 2,652 3,018 3,536 4,024 5,304 6,036 6,539 8,048 8,551 10,608 12,072 13,078 17,102 19,617 24,144 25,653 26,156 34,204 39,234 51,306 52,312 68,408 78,468 102,612 104,624 111,163 136,816 156,936 205,224 222,326 313,872 333,489 410,448 444,652 666,978 889,304 1,333,956 1,778,608 2,667,912 and 5,335,824, with no remainder.

Since 5,335,824 cannot be divided by just 1 and 5,335,824, 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).