Q: Is 5,576,472 a Composite Number?

Why is 5,576,472 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 5,576,472 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 11 12 18 22 24 27 33 36 44 54 66 72 88 99 108 132 198 216 264 297 396 594 792 1,188 2,347 2,376 4,694 7,041 9,388 14,082 18,776 21,123 25,817 28,164 42,246 51,634 56,328 63,369 77,451 84,492 103,268 126,738 154,902 168,984 206,536 232,353 253,476 309,804 464,706 506,952 619,608 697,059 929,412 1,394,118 1,858,824 2,788,236 and 5,576,472, with no remainder.

Since 5,576,472 cannot be divided by just 1 and 5,576,472, 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).