Q: Is 5,542,544 a Composite Number?

Why is 5,542,544 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 5,542,544 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 8 14 16 17 28 34 41 56 68 71 82 112 119 136 142 164 238 272 284 287 328 476 497 568 574 656 697 952 994 1,136 1,148 1,207 1,394 1,904 1,988 2,296 2,414 2,788 2,911 3,976 4,592 4,828 4,879 5,576 5,822 7,952 8,449 9,656 9,758 11,152 11,644 16,898 19,312 19,516 20,377 23,288 33,796 39,032 40,754 46,576 49,487 67,592 78,064 81,508 98,974 135,184 163,016 197,948 326,032 346,409 395,896 692,818 791,792 1,385,636 2,771,272 and 5,542,544, with no remainder.

Since 5,542,544 cannot be divided by just 1 and 5,542,544, 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).