Q: Is 5,428,944 a Composite Number?

Why is 5,428,944 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 5,428,944 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 24 27 36 48 54 59 71 72 81 108 118 142 144 162 177 213 216 236 284 324 354 426 432 472 531 568 639 648 708 852 944 1,062 1,136 1,278 1,296 1,416 1,593 1,704 1,917 2,124 2,556 2,832 3,186 3,408 3,834 4,189 4,248 4,779 5,112 5,751 6,372 7,668 8,378 8,496 9,558 10,224 11,502 12,567 12,744 15,336 16,756 19,116 23,004 25,134 25,488 30,672 33,512 37,701 38,232 46,008 50,268 67,024 75,402 76,464 92,016 100,536 113,103 150,804 201,072 226,206 301,608 339,309 452,412 603,216 678,618 904,824 1,357,236 1,809,648 2,714,472 and 5,428,944, with no remainder.

Since 5,428,944 cannot be divided by just 1 and 5,428,944, 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).