Q: Is 5,490,408 a Composite Number?

Why is 5,490,408 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 5,490,408 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 2,971 5,942 8,913 11,884 17,826 20,797 23,768 32,681 35,652 41,594 62,391 65,362 71,304 83,188 98,043 124,782 130,724 166,376 196,086 228,767 249,564 261,448 392,172 457,534 499,128 686,301 784,344 915,068 1,372,602 1,830,136 2,745,204 and 5,490,408, with no remainder.

Since 5,490,408 cannot be divided by just 1 and 5,490,408, 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).