Q: Is 5,531,392 a Composite Number?

Why is 5,531,392 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 5,531,392 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 8 16 17 31 32 34 41 62 64 68 82 124 128 136 164 248 256 272 328 496 527 544 656 697 992 1,054 1,088 1,271 1,312 1,394 1,984 2,108 2,176 2,542 2,624 2,788 3,968 4,216 4,352 5,084 5,248 5,576 7,936 8,432 10,168 10,496 11,152 16,864 20,336 21,607 22,304 33,728 40,672 43,214 44,608 67,456 81,344 86,428 89,216 134,912 162,688 172,856 178,432 325,376 345,712 691,424 1,382,848 2,765,696 and 5,531,392, with no remainder.

Since 5,531,392 cannot be divided by just 1 and 5,531,392, 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).