Q: Is 5,557,248 a Composite Number?

Why is 5,557,248 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 5,557,248 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 24 27 32 36 48 54 64 67 72 81 96 108 128 134 144 162 192 201 216 256 268 288 324 384 402 432 512 536 576 603 648 768 804 864 1,024 1,072 1,152 1,206 1,296 1,536 1,608 1,728 1,809 2,144 2,304 2,412 2,592 3,072 3,216 3,456 3,618 4,288 4,608 4,824 5,184 5,427 6,432 6,912 7,236 8,576 9,216 9,648 10,368 10,854 12,864 13,824 14,472 17,152 19,296 20,736 21,708 25,728 27,648 28,944 34,304 38,592 41,472 43,416 51,456 57,888 68,608 77,184 82,944 86,832 102,912 115,776 154,368 173,664 205,824 231,552 308,736 347,328 463,104 617,472 694,656 926,208 1,389,312 1,852,416 2,778,624 and 5,557,248, with no remainder.

Since 5,557,248 cannot be divided by just 1 and 5,557,248, 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).