Q: Is 5,471,388 a Composite Number?

Why is 5,471,388 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 5,471,388 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 9 12 13 18 26 27 36 39 52 54 78 81 108 117 156 162 234 243 324 351 433 468 486 702 866 972 1,053 1,299 1,404 1,732 2,106 2,598 3,159 3,897 4,212 5,196 5,629 6,318 7,794 11,258 11,691 12,636 15,588 16,887 22,516 23,382 33,774 35,073 46,764 50,661 67,548 70,146 101,322 105,219 140,292 151,983 202,644 210,438 303,966 420,876 455,949 607,932 911,898 1,367,847 1,823,796 2,735,694 and 5,471,388, with no remainder.

Since 5,471,388 cannot be divided by just 1 and 5,471,388, 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).