Q: Is 5,354,112 a Composite Number?

Why is 5,354,112 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 5,354,112 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 16 24 32 48 64 73 96 128 146 191 192 219 292 382 384 438 573 584 764 876 1,146 1,168 1,528 1,752 2,292 2,336 3,056 3,504 4,584 4,672 6,112 7,008 9,168 9,344 12,224 13,943 14,016 18,336 24,448 27,886 28,032 36,672 41,829 55,772 73,344 83,658 111,544 167,316 223,088 334,632 446,176 669,264 892,352 1,338,528 1,784,704 2,677,056 and 5,354,112, with no remainder.

Since 5,354,112 cannot be divided by just 1 and 5,354,112, 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).