Q: Is 5,578,328 a Composite Number?

Why is 5,578,328 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 5,578,328 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 8 14 23 28 46 56 61 71 92 122 142 161 184 244 284 322 427 488 497 568 644 854 994 1,288 1,403 1,633 1,708 1,988 2,806 3,266 3,416 3,976 4,331 5,612 6,532 8,662 9,821 11,224 11,431 13,064 17,324 19,642 22,862 30,317 34,648 39,284 45,724 60,634 78,568 91,448 99,613 121,268 199,226 242,536 398,452 697,291 796,904 1,394,582 2,789,164 and 5,578,328, with no remainder.

Since 5,578,328 cannot be divided by just 1 and 5,578,328, 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).