Q: Is 5,506,116 a Composite Number?

Why is 5,506,116 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 5,506,116 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 11 12 14 21 22 28 33 42 44 59 66 77 84 101 118 132 154 177 202 231 236 303 308 354 404 413 462 606 649 707 708 826 924 1,111 1,212 1,239 1,298 1,414 1,652 1,947 2,121 2,222 2,478 2,596 2,828 3,333 3,894 4,242 4,444 4,543 4,956 5,959 6,666 7,777 7,788 8,484 9,086 11,918 13,332 13,629 15,554 17,877 18,172 23,331 23,836 27,258 31,108 35,754 41,713 46,662 54,516 65,549 71,508 83,426 93,324 125,139 131,098 166,852 196,647 250,278 262,196 393,294 458,843 500,556 786,588 917,686 1,376,529 1,835,372 2,753,058 and 5,506,116, with no remainder.

Since 5,506,116 cannot be divided by just 1 and 5,506,116, 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).