Q: Is 5,353,452 a Composite Number?

Why is 5,353,452 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 5,353,452 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 9 12 13 18 26 27 31 36 39 41 52 54 62 78 81 82 93 108 117 123 124 156 162 164 186 234 246 279 324 351 369 372 403 468 492 533 558 702 738 806 837 1,053 1,066 1,107 1,116 1,209 1,271 1,404 1,476 1,599 1,612 1,674 2,106 2,132 2,214 2,418 2,511 2,542 3,198 3,321 3,348 3,627 3,813 4,212 4,428 4,797 4,836 5,022 5,084 6,396 6,642 7,254 7,626 9,594 10,044 10,881 11,439 13,284 14,391 14,508 15,252 16,523 19,188 21,762 22,878 28,782 32,643 33,046 34,317 43,173 43,524 45,756 49,569 57,564 65,286 66,092 68,634 86,346 99,138 102,951 130,572 137,268 148,707 172,692 198,276 205,902 297,414 411,804 446,121 594,828 892,242 1,338,363 1,784,484 2,676,726 and 5,353,452, with no remainder.

Since 5,353,452 cannot be divided by just 1 and 5,353,452, 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).