Q: Is 5,437,044 a Composite Number?

Why is 5,437,044 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 5,437,044 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 9 12 18 27 36 54 81 97 108 162 173 194 291 324 346 388 519 582 692 873 1,038 1,164 1,557 1,746 2,076 2,619 3,114 3,492 4,671 5,238 6,228 7,857 9,342 10,476 14,013 15,714 16,781 18,684 28,026 31,428 33,562 50,343 56,052 67,124 100,686 151,029 201,372 302,058 453,087 604,116 906,174 1,359,261 1,812,348 2,718,522 and 5,437,044, with no remainder.

Since 5,437,044 cannot be divided by just 1 and 5,437,044, 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).