Q: Is 5,565,456 a Composite Number?

Why is 5,565,456 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 5,565,456 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 13 16 18 24 26 27 36 39 48 52 54 72 78 104 108 117 144 156 208 216 234 312 351 432 468 624 702 936 991 1,404 1,872 1,982 2,808 2,973 3,964 5,616 5,946 7,928 8,919 11,892 12,883 15,856 17,838 23,784 25,766 26,757 35,676 38,649 47,568 51,532 53,514 71,352 77,298 103,064 107,028 115,947 142,704 154,596 206,128 214,056 231,894 309,192 347,841 428,112 463,788 618,384 695,682 927,576 1,391,364 1,855,152 2,782,728 and 5,565,456, with no remainder.

Since 5,565,456 cannot be divided by just 1 and 5,565,456, 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).