Q: Is 5,505,696 a Composite Number?

Why is 5,505,696 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 5,505,696 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 12 14 16 18 21 24 28 32 36 42 48 56 63 72 84 96 112 126 144 168 224 252 288 336 504 672 1,008 2,016 2,731 5,462 8,193 10,924 16,386 19,117 21,848 24,579 32,772 38,234 43,696 49,158 57,351 65,544 76,468 87,392 98,316 114,702 131,088 152,936 172,053 196,632 229,404 262,176 305,872 344,106 393,264 458,808 611,744 688,212 786,528 917,616 1,376,424 1,835,232 2,752,848 and 5,505,696, with no remainder.

Since 5,505,696 cannot be divided by just 1 and 5,505,696, 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).