Q: Is 5,589,828 a Composite Number?

Why is 5,589,828 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 5,589,828 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 9 12 18 23 36 43 46 69 86 92 129 138 157 172 207 258 276 314 387 414 471 516 628 774 828 942 989 1,413 1,548 1,884 1,978 2,826 2,967 3,611 3,956 5,652 5,934 6,751 7,222 8,901 10,833 11,868 13,502 14,444 17,802 20,253 21,666 27,004 32,499 35,604 40,506 43,332 60,759 64,998 81,012 121,518 129,996 155,273 243,036 310,546 465,819 621,092 931,638 1,397,457 1,863,276 2,794,914 and 5,589,828, with no remainder.

Since 5,589,828 cannot be divided by just 1 and 5,589,828, 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).