Q: Is 5,356,848 a Composite Number?

Why is 5,356,848 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 5,356,848 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 12 14 16 21 24 28 42 48 56 84 107 112 149 168 214 298 321 336 428 447 596 642 749 856 894 1,043 1,192 1,284 1,498 1,712 1,788 2,086 2,247 2,384 2,568 2,996 3,129 3,576 4,172 4,494 5,136 5,992 6,258 7,152 8,344 8,988 11,984 12,516 15,943 16,688 17,976 25,032 31,886 35,952 47,829 50,064 63,772 95,658 111,601 127,544 191,316 223,202 255,088 334,803 382,632 446,404 669,606 765,264 892,808 1,339,212 1,785,616 2,678,424 and 5,356,848, with no remainder.

Since 5,356,848 cannot be divided by just 1 and 5,356,848, 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).