Q: Is 5,515,488 a Composite Number?

Why is 5,515,488 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 5,515,488 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 11 12 16 18 22 24 32 33 36 44 48 66 72 88 96 99 132 144 176 198 264 288 352 396 528 792 1,056 1,584 1,741 3,168 3,482 5,223 6,964 10,446 13,928 15,669 19,151 20,892 27,856 31,338 38,302 41,784 55,712 57,453 62,676 76,604 83,568 114,906 125,352 153,208 167,136 172,359 229,812 250,704 306,416 344,718 459,624 501,408 612,832 689,436 919,248 1,378,872 1,838,496 2,757,744 and 5,515,488, with no remainder.

Since 5,515,488 cannot be divided by just 1 and 5,515,488, 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).