Q: Is 5,575,808 a Composite Number?

Why is 5,575,808 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 5,575,808 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 8 14 16 28 32 49 56 64 98 112 127 128 196 224 254 343 392 448 508 686 784 889 896 1,016 1,372 1,568 1,778 2,032 2,744 3,136 3,556 4,064 5,488 6,223 6,272 7,112 8,128 10,976 12,446 14,224 16,256 21,952 24,892 28,448 43,561 43,904 49,784 56,896 87,122 99,568 113,792 174,244 199,136 348,488 398,272 696,976 796,544 1,393,952 2,787,904 and 5,575,808, with no remainder.

Since 5,575,808 cannot be divided by just 1 and 5,575,808, 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).