Q: Is 5,476,824 a Composite Number?

Why is 5,476,824 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 5,476,824 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 18 24 29 36 43 58 61 72 86 87 116 122 129 172 174 183 232 244 258 261 344 348 366 387 488 516 522 549 696 732 774 1,032 1,044 1,098 1,247 1,464 1,548 1,769 2,088 2,196 2,494 2,623 3,096 3,538 3,741 4,392 4,988 5,246 5,307 7,076 7,482 7,869 9,976 10,492 10,614 11,223 14,152 14,964 15,738 15,921 20,984 21,228 22,446 23,607 29,928 31,476 31,842 42,456 44,892 47,214 62,952 63,684 76,067 89,784 94,428 127,368 152,134 188,856 228,201 304,268 456,402 608,536 684,603 912,804 1,369,206 1,825,608 2,738,412 and 5,476,824, with no remainder.

Since 5,476,824 cannot be divided by just 1 and 5,476,824, 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).