Q: Is 5,542,428 a Composite Number?

Why is 5,542,428 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 5,542,428 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 12 31 47 62 93 94 124 141 186 188 282 317 372 564 634 951 1,268 1,457 1,902 2,914 3,804 4,371 5,828 8,742 9,827 14,899 17,484 19,654 29,481 29,798 39,308 44,697 58,962 59,596 89,394 117,924 178,788 461,869 923,738 1,385,607 1,847,476 2,771,214 and 5,542,428, with no remainder.

Since 5,542,428 cannot be divided by just 1 and 5,542,428, 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).