Q: Is 5,576,376 a Composite Number?

Why is 5,576,376 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 5,576,376 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 13 24 26 39 52 61 78 104 122 156 183 244 293 312 366 488 586 732 793 879 1,172 1,464 1,586 1,758 2,344 2,379 3,172 3,516 3,809 4,758 6,344 7,032 7,618 9,516 11,427 15,236 17,873 19,032 22,854 30,472 35,746 45,708 53,619 71,492 91,416 107,238 142,984 214,476 232,349 428,952 464,698 697,047 929,396 1,394,094 1,858,792 2,788,188 and 5,576,376, with no remainder.

Since 5,576,376 cannot be divided by just 1 and 5,576,376, 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).