Q: Is 5,616,918 a Composite Number?

Why is 5,616,918 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 5,616,918 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 9 18 27 41 43 54 59 82 86 118 123 129 177 246 258 354 369 387 531 738 774 1,062 1,107 1,161 1,593 1,763 2,214 2,322 2,419 2,537 3,186 3,526 4,838 5,074 5,289 7,257 7,611 10,578 14,514 15,222 15,867 21,771 22,833 31,734 43,542 45,666 47,601 65,313 68,499 95,202 104,017 130,626 136,998 208,034 312,051 624,102 936,153 1,872,306 2,808,459 and 5,616,918, with no remainder.

Since 5,616,918 cannot be divided by just 1 and 5,616,918, 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).