Q: Is 5,425,584 a Composite Number?

Why is 5,425,584 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 5,425,584 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 16 17 24 34 48 51 61 68 102 109 122 136 183 204 218 244 272 327 366 408 436 488 654 732 816 872 976 1,037 1,308 1,464 1,744 1,853 2,074 2,616 2,928 3,111 3,706 4,148 5,232 5,559 6,222 6,649 7,412 8,296 11,118 12,444 13,298 14,824 16,592 19,947 22,236 24,888 26,596 29,648 39,894 44,472 49,776 53,192 79,788 88,944 106,384 113,033 159,576 226,066 319,152 339,099 452,132 678,198 904,264 1,356,396 1,808,528 2,712,792 and 5,425,584, with no remainder.

Since 5,425,584 cannot be divided by just 1 and 5,425,584, 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).