Q: Is 5,532,072 a Composite Number?

Why is 5,532,072 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 5,532,072 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 12 13 14 17 21 24 26 28 34 39 42 51 52 56 68 78 84 91 102 104 119 136 149 156 168 182 204 221 238 273 298 312 357 364 408 442 447 476 546 596 663 714 728 884 894 952 1,043 1,092 1,192 1,326 1,428 1,547 1,768 1,788 1,937 2,086 2,184 2,533 2,652 2,856 3,094 3,129 3,576 3,874 4,172 4,641 5,066 5,304 5,811 6,188 6,258 7,599 7,748 8,344 9,282 10,132 11,622 12,376 12,516 13,559 15,198 15,496 17,731 18,564 20,264 23,244 25,032 27,118 30,396 32,929 35,462 37,128 40,677 46,488 53,193 54,236 60,792 65,858 70,924 81,354 98,787 106,386 108,472 131,716 141,848 162,708 197,574 212,772 230,503 263,432 325,416 395,148 425,544 461,006 691,509 790,296 922,012 1,383,018 1,844,024 2,766,036 and 5,532,072, with no remainder.

Since 5,532,072 cannot be divided by just 1 and 5,532,072, 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).