Q: Is 5,371,236 a Composite Number?

Why is 5,371,236 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 5,371,236 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 9 12 13 18 23 26 36 39 46 52 69 78 92 117 138 156 207 234 276 299 414 468 499 598 828 897 998 1,196 1,497 1,794 1,996 2,691 2,994 3,588 4,491 5,382 5,988 6,487 8,982 10,764 11,477 12,974 17,964 19,461 22,954 25,948 34,431 38,922 45,908 58,383 68,862 77,844 103,293 116,766 137,724 149,201 206,586 233,532 298,402 413,172 447,603 596,804 895,206 1,342,809 1,790,412 2,685,618 and 5,371,236, with no remainder.

Since 5,371,236 cannot be divided by just 1 and 5,371,236, 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).