Q: Is 5,450,796 a Composite Number?

Why is 5,450,796 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 5,450,796 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 9 12 13 18 19 26 36 38 39 52 57 76 78 114 117 156 171 228 234 247 342 468 494 613 684 741 988 1,226 1,482 1,839 2,223 2,452 2,964 3,678 4,446 5,517 7,356 7,969 8,892 11,034 11,647 15,938 22,068 23,294 23,907 31,876 34,941 46,588 47,814 69,882 71,721 95,628 104,823 139,764 143,442 151,411 209,646 286,884 302,822 419,292 454,233 605,644 908,466 1,362,699 1,816,932 2,725,398 and 5,450,796, with no remainder.

Since 5,450,796 cannot be divided by just 1 and 5,450,796, 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).