Q: Is 5,559,444 a Composite Number?

Why is 5,559,444 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 5,559,444 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 9 11 12 18 22 33 36 44 66 99 101 132 139 198 202 278 303 396 404 417 556 606 834 909 1,111 1,212 1,251 1,529 1,668 1,818 2,222 2,502 3,058 3,333 3,636 4,444 4,587 5,004 6,116 6,666 9,174 9,999 13,332 13,761 14,039 18,348 19,998 27,522 28,078 39,996 42,117 55,044 56,156 84,234 126,351 154,429 168,468 252,702 308,858 463,287 505,404 617,716 926,574 1,389,861 1,853,148 2,779,722 and 5,559,444, with no remainder.

Since 5,559,444 cannot be divided by just 1 and 5,559,444, 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).