Q: Is 5,526,024 a Composite Number?

Why is 5,526,024 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 5,526,024 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 12 14 21 24 28 37 42 49 56 74 84 98 111 127 147 148 168 196 222 254 259 294 296 381 392 444 508 518 588 762 777 888 889 1,016 1,036 1,176 1,524 1,554 1,778 1,813 2,072 2,667 3,048 3,108 3,556 3,626 4,699 5,334 5,439 6,216 6,223 7,112 7,252 9,398 10,668 10,878 12,446 14,097 14,504 18,669 18,796 21,336 21,756 24,892 28,194 32,893 37,338 37,592 43,512 49,784 56,388 65,786 74,676 98,679 112,776 131,572 149,352 197,358 230,251 263,144 394,716 460,502 690,753 789,432 921,004 1,381,506 1,842,008 2,763,012 and 5,526,024, with no remainder.

Since 5,526,024 cannot be divided by just 1 and 5,526,024, 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).