Q: Is 5,564,352 a Composite Number?

Why is 5,564,352 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 5,564,352 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 16 24 32 48 64 73 96 146 192 219 292 397 438 584 794 876 1,168 1,191 1,588 1,752 2,336 2,382 3,176 3,504 4,672 4,764 6,352 7,008 9,528 12,704 14,016 19,056 25,408 28,981 38,112 57,962 76,224 86,943 115,924 173,886 231,848 347,772 463,696 695,544 927,392 1,391,088 1,854,784 2,782,176 and 5,564,352, with no remainder.

Since 5,564,352 cannot be divided by just 1 and 5,564,352, 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).