Q: Is 5,378,976 a Composite Number?

Why is 5,378,976 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 5,378,976 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 19 24 32 36 38 48 57 72 76 96 114 144 152 171 228 288 304 342 456 608 684 912 983 1,368 1,824 1,966 2,736 2,949 3,932 5,472 5,898 7,864 8,847 11,796 15,728 17,694 18,677 23,592 31,456 35,388 37,354 47,184 56,031 70,776 74,708 94,368 112,062 141,552 149,416 168,093 224,124 283,104 298,832 336,186 448,248 597,664 672,372 896,496 1,344,744 1,792,992 2,689,488 and 5,378,976, with no remainder.

Since 5,378,976 cannot be divided by just 1 and 5,378,976, 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).