Q: Is 5,440,578 a Composite Number?

Why is 5,440,578 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 5,440,578 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 11 13 17 22 26 33 34 39 51 66 78 102 143 187 221 286 373 374 429 442 561 663 746 858 1,119 1,122 1,326 2,238 2,431 4,103 4,849 4,862 6,341 7,293 8,206 9,698 12,309 12,682 14,547 14,586 19,023 24,618 29,094 38,046 53,339 69,751 82,433 106,678 139,502 160,017 164,866 209,253 247,299 320,034 418,506 494,598 906,763 1,813,526 2,720,289 and 5,440,578, with no remainder.

Since 5,440,578 cannot be divided by just 1 and 5,440,578, 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).