Q: Is 5,616,408 a Composite Number?

Why is 5,616,408 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 5,616,408 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 12 14 21 24 28 42 56 84 101 168 202 303 331 404 606 662 707 808 993 1,212 1,324 1,414 1,986 2,121 2,317 2,424 2,648 2,828 3,972 4,242 4,634 5,656 6,951 7,944 8,484 9,268 13,902 16,968 18,536 27,804 33,431 55,608 66,862 100,293 133,724 200,586 234,017 267,448 401,172 468,034 702,051 802,344 936,068 1,404,102 1,872,136 2,808,204 and 5,616,408, with no remainder.

Since 5,616,408 cannot be divided by just 1 and 5,616,408, 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).