Q: Is 5,394,696 a Composite Number?

Why is 5,394,696 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 5,394,696 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 23 24 29 46 58 69 87 92 116 138 174 184 232 276 337 348 552 667 674 696 1,011 1,334 1,348 2,001 2,022 2,668 2,696 4,002 4,044 5,336 7,751 8,004 8,088 9,773 15,502 16,008 19,546 23,253 29,319 31,004 39,092 46,506 58,638 62,008 78,184 93,012 117,276 186,024 224,779 234,552 449,558 674,337 899,116 1,348,674 1,798,232 2,697,348 and 5,394,696, with no remainder.

Since 5,394,696 cannot be divided by just 1 and 5,394,696, 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).