Q: Is 5,475,624 a Composite Number?

Why is 5,475,624 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 5,475,624 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 11 12 14 21 22 24 28 33 42 44 56 66 77 84 88 132 154 168 231 264 308 462 616 924 1,848 2,963 5,926 8,889 11,852 17,778 20,741 23,704 32,593 35,556 41,482 62,223 65,186 71,112 82,964 97,779 124,446 130,372 165,928 195,558 228,151 248,892 260,744 391,116 456,302 497,784 684,453 782,232 912,604 1,368,906 1,825,208 2,737,812 and 5,475,624, with no remainder.

Since 5,475,624 cannot be divided by just 1 and 5,475,624, 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).