Q: Is 5,500,872 a Composite Number?

Why is 5,500,872 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 5,500,872 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 13 18 24 26 27 36 39 52 54 72 78 81 104 108 117 156 162 216 234 312 324 351 468 648 653 702 936 1,053 1,306 1,404 1,959 2,106 2,612 2,808 3,918 4,212 5,224 5,877 7,836 8,424 8,489 11,754 15,672 16,978 17,631 23,508 25,467 33,956 35,262 47,016 50,934 52,893 67,912 70,524 76,401 101,868 105,786 141,048 152,802 203,736 211,572 229,203 305,604 423,144 458,406 611,208 687,609 916,812 1,375,218 1,833,624 2,750,436 and 5,500,872, with no remainder.

Since 5,500,872 cannot be divided by just 1 and 5,500,872, 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).