Q: Is 5,486,724 a Composite Number?

Why is 5,486,724 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 5,486,724 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 9 12 18 27 36 54 101 108 202 303 404 503 606 909 1,006 1,212 1,509 1,818 2,012 2,727 3,018 3,636 4,527 5,454 6,036 9,054 10,908 13,581 18,108 27,162 50,803 54,324 101,606 152,409 203,212 304,818 457,227 609,636 914,454 1,371,681 1,828,908 2,743,362 and 5,486,724, with no remainder.

Since 5,486,724 cannot be divided by just 1 and 5,486,724, 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).