Q: Is 5,456,724 a Composite Number?

Why is 5,456,724 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 5,456,724 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 12 13 14 19 21 26 28 38 39 42 52 57 76 78 84 91 114 133 156 182 228 247 263 266 273 364 399 494 526 532 546 741 789 798 988 1,052 1,092 1,482 1,578 1,596 1,729 1,841 2,964 3,156 3,419 3,458 3,682 4,997 5,187 5,523 6,838 6,916 7,364 9,994 10,257 10,374 11,046 13,676 14,991 19,988 20,514 20,748 22,092 23,933 29,982 34,979 41,028 47,866 59,964 64,961 69,958 71,799 95,732 104,937 129,922 139,916 143,598 194,883 209,874 259,844 287,196 389,766 419,748 454,727 779,532 909,454 1,364,181 1,818,908 2,728,362 and 5,456,724, with no remainder.

Since 5,456,724 cannot be divided by just 1 and 5,456,724, 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).