Q: Is 5,611,248 a Composite Number?

Why is 5,611,248 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 5,611,248 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 24 27 31 36 48 54 62 72 93 108 124 144 186 216 248 279 372 419 432 496 558 744 837 838 1,116 1,257 1,488 1,674 1,676 2,232 2,514 3,348 3,352 3,771 4,464 5,028 6,696 6,704 7,542 10,056 11,313 12,989 13,392 15,084 20,112 22,626 25,978 30,168 38,967 45,252 51,956 60,336 77,934 90,504 103,912 116,901 155,868 181,008 207,824 233,802 311,736 350,703 467,604 623,472 701,406 935,208 1,402,812 1,870,416 2,805,624 and 5,611,248, with no remainder.

Since 5,611,248 cannot be divided by just 1 and 5,611,248, 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).