Q: Is 5,375,376 a Composite Number?

Why is 5,375,376 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 5,375,376 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 23 24 27 36 46 48 54 69 72 92 108 138 144 184 207 216 276 368 414 432 541 552 621 828 1,082 1,104 1,242 1,623 1,656 2,164 2,484 3,246 3,312 4,328 4,869 4,968 6,492 8,656 9,738 9,936 12,443 12,984 14,607 19,476 24,886 25,968 29,214 37,329 38,952 49,772 58,428 74,658 77,904 99,544 111,987 116,856 149,316 199,088 223,974 233,712 298,632 335,961 447,948 597,264 671,922 895,896 1,343,844 1,791,792 2,687,688 and 5,375,376, with no remainder.

Since 5,375,376 cannot be divided by just 1 and 5,375,376, 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).