Q: Is 5,466,132 a Composite Number?

Why is 5,466,132 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 5,466,132 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 9 12 14 18 21 28 36 42 63 84 109 126 199 218 252 327 398 436 597 654 763 796 981 1,194 1,308 1,393 1,526 1,791 1,962 2,289 2,388 2,786 3,052 3,582 3,924 4,179 4,578 5,572 6,867 7,164 8,358 9,156 12,537 13,734 16,716 21,691 25,074 27,468 43,382 50,148 65,073 86,764 130,146 151,837 195,219 260,292 303,674 390,438 455,511 607,348 780,876 911,022 1,366,533 1,822,044 2,733,066 and 5,466,132, with no remainder.

Since 5,466,132 cannot be divided by just 1 and 5,466,132, 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).