Q: Is 5,447,552 a Composite Number?

Why is 5,447,552 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 5,447,552 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 8 11 16 22 32 44 53 64 73 88 106 128 146 176 212 292 352 424 583 584 704 803 848 1,166 1,168 1,408 1,606 1,696 2,332 2,336 3,212 3,392 3,869 4,664 4,672 6,424 6,784 7,738 9,328 9,344 12,848 15,476 18,656 25,696 30,952 37,312 42,559 51,392 61,904 74,624 85,118 102,784 123,808 170,236 247,616 340,472 495,232 680,944 1,361,888 2,723,776 and 5,447,552, with no remainder.

Since 5,447,552 cannot be divided by just 1 and 5,447,552, 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).