Q: Is 5,438,268 a Composite Number?

Why is 5,438,268 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 5,438,268 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 9 11 12 18 22 31 33 36 44 62 66 93 99 124 132 186 198 279 341 372 396 443 558 682 886 1,023 1,116 1,329 1,364 1,772 2,046 2,658 3,069 3,987 4,092 4,873 5,316 6,138 7,974 9,746 12,276 13,733 14,619 15,948 19,492 27,466 29,238 41,199 43,857 54,932 58,476 82,398 87,714 123,597 151,063 164,796 175,428 247,194 302,126 453,189 494,388 604,252 906,378 1,359,567 1,812,756 2,719,134 and 5,438,268, with no remainder.

Since 5,438,268 cannot be divided by just 1 and 5,438,268, 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).