Q: Is 5,462,604 a Composite Number?

Why is 5,462,604 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 5,462,604 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 9 12 14 18 21 28 36 42 53 63 84 106 126 159 212 252 318 371 409 477 636 742 818 954 1,113 1,227 1,484 1,636 1,908 2,226 2,454 2,863 3,339 3,681 4,452 4,908 5,726 6,678 7,362 8,589 11,452 13,356 14,724 17,178 21,677 25,767 34,356 43,354 51,534 65,031 86,708 103,068 130,062 151,739 195,093 260,124 303,478 390,186 455,217 606,956 780,372 910,434 1,365,651 1,820,868 2,731,302 and 5,462,604, with no remainder.

Since 5,462,604 cannot be divided by just 1 and 5,462,604, 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).