Q: Is 5,369,616 a Composite Number?

Why is 5,369,616 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 5,369,616 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 12 14 16 18 21 24 28 36 42 48 49 56 63 72 84 98 112 126 144 147 168 196 252 294 336 392 441 504 588 761 784 882 1,008 1,176 1,522 1,764 2,283 2,352 3,044 3,528 4,566 5,327 6,088 6,849 7,056 9,132 10,654 12,176 13,698 15,981 18,264 21,308 27,396 31,962 36,528 37,289 42,616 47,943 54,792 63,924 74,578 85,232 95,886 109,584 111,867 127,848 149,156 191,772 223,734 255,696 298,312 335,601 383,544 447,468 596,624 671,202 767,088 894,936 1,342,404 1,789,872 2,684,808 and 5,369,616, with no remainder.

Since 5,369,616 cannot be divided by just 1 and 5,369,616, 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).