Q: Is 5,378,736 a Composite Number?

Why is 5,378,736 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 5,378,736 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 11 12 16 22 24 33 44 48 61 66 88 122 132 167 176 183 244 264 334 366 488 501 528 668 671 732 976 1,002 1,336 1,342 1,464 1,837 2,004 2,013 2,672 2,684 2,928 3,674 4,008 4,026 5,368 5,511 7,348 8,016 8,052 10,187 10,736 11,022 14,696 16,104 20,374 22,044 29,392 30,561 32,208 40,748 44,088 61,122 81,496 88,176 112,057 122,244 162,992 224,114 244,488 336,171 448,228 488,976 672,342 896,456 1,344,684 1,792,912 2,689,368 and 5,378,736, with no remainder.

Since 5,378,736 cannot be divided by just 1 and 5,378,736, 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).