Q: Is 5,343,168 a Composite Number?

Why is 5,343,168 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 5,343,168 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 16 17 24 32 34 48 51 64 68 96 102 136 192 204 272 408 544 816 1,088 1,632 1,637 3,264 3,274 4,911 6,548 9,822 13,096 19,644 26,192 27,829 39,288 52,384 55,658 78,576 83,487 104,768 111,316 157,152 166,974 222,632 314,304 333,948 445,264 667,896 890,528 1,335,792 1,781,056 2,671,584 and 5,343,168, with no remainder.

Since 5,343,168 cannot be divided by just 1 and 5,343,168, 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).