Q: Is 5,512,752 a Composite Number?

Why is 5,512,752 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 5,512,752 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 12 14 16 18 21 24 27 28 36 42 48 54 56 63 72 84 108 112 126 144 168 189 216 252 336 378 432 504 756 1,008 1,512 1,823 3,024 3,646 5,469 7,292 10,938 12,761 14,584 16,407 21,876 25,522 29,168 32,814 38,283 43,752 49,221 51,044 65,628 76,566 87,504 98,442 102,088 114,849 131,256 153,132 196,884 204,176 229,698 262,512 306,264 344,547 393,768 459,396 612,528 689,094 787,536 918,792 1,378,188 1,837,584 2,756,376 and 5,512,752, with no remainder.

Since 5,512,752 cannot be divided by just 1 and 5,512,752, 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).