Q: Is 5,371,956 a Composite Number?

Why is 5,371,956 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 5,371,956 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 9 12 18 36 37 74 109 111 148 218 222 327 333 436 444 654 666 981 1,308 1,332 1,369 1,962 2,738 3,924 4,033 4,107 5,476 8,066 8,214 12,099 12,321 16,132 16,428 24,198 24,642 36,297 48,396 49,284 72,594 145,188 149,221 298,442 447,663 596,884 895,326 1,342,989 1,790,652 2,685,978 and 5,371,956, with no remainder.

Since 5,371,956 cannot be divided by just 1 and 5,371,956, 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).