Q: Is 5,547,096 a Composite Number?

Why is 5,547,096 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 5,547,096 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 18 24 27 36 54 61 72 108 122 183 216 244 366 421 488 549 732 842 1,098 1,263 1,464 1,647 1,684 2,196 2,526 3,294 3,368 3,789 4,392 5,052 6,588 7,578 10,104 11,367 13,176 15,156 22,734 25,681 30,312 45,468 51,362 77,043 90,936 102,724 154,086 205,448 231,129 308,172 462,258 616,344 693,387 924,516 1,386,774 1,849,032 2,773,548 and 5,547,096, with no remainder.

Since 5,547,096 cannot be divided by just 1 and 5,547,096, 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).