Q: Is 5,396,544 a Composite Number?

Why is 5,396,544 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 5,396,544 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 24 27 32 36 48 54 64 72 81 96 108 144 162 192 216 243 288 324 347 432 486 576 648 694 864 972 1,041 1,296 1,388 1,728 1,944 2,082 2,592 2,776 3,123 3,888 4,164 5,184 5,552 6,246 7,776 8,328 9,369 11,104 12,492 15,552 16,656 18,738 22,208 24,984 28,107 33,312 37,476 49,968 56,214 66,624 74,952 84,321 99,936 112,428 149,904 168,642 199,872 224,856 299,808 337,284 449,712 599,616 674,568 899,424 1,349,136 1,798,848 2,698,272 and 5,396,544, with no remainder.

Since 5,396,544 cannot be divided by just 1 and 5,396,544, 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).