Q: Is 5,447,442 a Composite Number?

Why is 5,447,442 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 5,447,442 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 7 11 13 14 21 22 26 33 39 42 66 77 78 91 143 154 182 231 273 286 429 462 546 858 907 1,001 1,814 2,002 2,721 3,003 5,442 6,006 6,349 9,977 11,791 12,698 19,047 19,954 23,582 29,931 35,373 38,094 59,862 69,839 70,746 82,537 129,701 139,678 165,074 209,517 247,611 259,402 389,103 419,034 495,222 778,206 907,907 1,815,814 2,723,721 and 5,447,442, with no remainder.

Since 5,447,442 cannot be divided by just 1 and 5,447,442, 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).