Q: Is 5,458,728 a Composite Number?

Why is 5,458,728 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 5,458,728 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 11 12 22 23 24 29 31 33 44 46 58 62 66 69 87 88 92 93 116 124 132 138 174 184 186 232 248 253 264 276 319 341 348 372 506 552 638 667 682 696 713 744 759 899 957 1,012 1,023 1,276 1,334 1,364 1,426 1,518 1,798 1,914 2,001 2,024 2,046 2,139 2,552 2,668 2,697 2,728 2,852 3,036 3,596 3,828 4,002 4,092 4,278 5,336 5,394 5,704 6,072 7,192 7,337 7,656 7,843 8,004 8,184 8,556 9,889 10,788 14,674 15,686 16,008 17,112 19,778 20,677 21,576 22,011 23,529 29,348 29,667 31,372 39,556 41,354 44,022 47,058 58,696 59,334 62,031 62,744 79,112 82,708 88,044 94,116 118,668 124,062 165,416 176,088 188,232 227,447 237,336 248,124 454,894 496,248 682,341 909,788 1,364,682 1,819,576 2,729,364 and 5,458,728, with no remainder.

Since 5,458,728 cannot be divided by just 1 and 5,458,728, 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).