Q: Is 5,340,432 a Composite Number?

Why is 5,340,432 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 5,340,432 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 16 24 31 37 48 62 74 93 97 111 124 148 186 194 222 248 291 296 372 388 444 496 582 592 744 776 888 1,147 1,164 1,488 1,552 1,776 2,294 2,328 3,007 3,441 3,589 4,588 4,656 6,014 6,882 7,178 9,021 9,176 10,767 12,028 13,764 14,356 18,042 18,352 21,534 24,056 27,528 28,712 36,084 43,068 48,112 55,056 57,424 72,168 86,136 111,259 144,336 172,272 222,518 333,777 445,036 667,554 890,072 1,335,108 1,780,144 2,670,216 and 5,340,432, with no remainder.

Since 5,340,432 cannot be divided by just 1 and 5,340,432, 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).