Q: Is 5,338,392 a Composite Number?

Why is 5,338,392 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 5,338,392 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 19 23 24 38 46 57 69 76 92 114 138 152 184 228 276 437 456 509 552 874 1,018 1,311 1,527 1,748 2,036 2,622 3,054 3,496 4,072 5,244 6,108 9,671 10,488 11,707 12,216 19,342 23,414 29,013 35,121 38,684 46,828 58,026 70,242 77,368 93,656 116,052 140,484 222,433 232,104 280,968 444,866 667,299 889,732 1,334,598 1,779,464 2,669,196 and 5,338,392, with no remainder.

Since 5,338,392 cannot be divided by just 1 and 5,338,392, 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).