Q: Is 5,595,072 a Composite Number?

Why is 5,595,072 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 5,595,072 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 12 14 16 21 23 24 28 32 42 46 48 56 64 69 84 92 96 112 138 161 168 181 184 192 224 276 322 336 362 368 448 483 543 552 644 672 724 736 966 1,086 1,104 1,267 1,288 1,344 1,448 1,472 1,932 2,172 2,208 2,534 2,576 2,896 3,801 3,864 4,163 4,344 4,416 5,068 5,152 5,792 7,602 7,728 8,326 8,688 10,136 10,304 11,584 12,489 15,204 15,456 16,652 17,376 20,272 24,978 29,141 30,408 30,912 33,304 34,752 40,544 49,956 58,282 60,816 66,608 81,088 87,423 99,912 116,564 121,632 133,216 174,846 199,824 233,128 243,264 266,432 349,692 399,648 466,256 699,384 799,296 932,512 1,398,768 1,865,024 2,797,536 and 5,595,072, with no remainder.

Since 5,595,072 cannot be divided by just 1 and 5,595,072, 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).