Q: Is 5,542,524 a Composite Number?

Why is 5,542,524 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 5,542,524 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 9 12 13 18 26 36 39 52 78 117 156 169 234 338 468 507 676 911 1,014 1,521 1,822 2,028 2,733 3,042 3,644 5,466 6,084 8,199 10,932 11,843 16,398 23,686 32,796 35,529 47,372 71,058 106,587 142,116 153,959 213,174 307,918 426,348 461,877 615,836 923,754 1,385,631 1,847,508 2,771,262 and 5,542,524, with no remainder.

Since 5,542,524 cannot be divided by just 1 and 5,542,524, 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).