Q: Is 5,372,304 a Composite Number?

Why is 5,372,304 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 5,372,304 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 12 14 16 21 24 28 42 48 56 59 84 112 118 168 177 236 271 336 354 413 472 542 708 813 826 944 1,084 1,239 1,416 1,626 1,652 1,897 2,168 2,478 2,832 3,252 3,304 3,794 4,336 4,956 5,691 6,504 6,608 7,588 9,912 11,382 13,008 15,176 15,989 19,824 22,764 30,352 31,978 45,528 47,967 63,956 91,056 95,934 111,923 127,912 191,868 223,846 255,824 335,769 383,736 447,692 671,538 767,472 895,384 1,343,076 1,790,768 2,686,152 and 5,372,304, with no remainder.

Since 5,372,304 cannot be divided by just 1 and 5,372,304, 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).