Q: Is 5,624,658 a Composite Number?

Why is 5,624,658 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 5,624,658 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 9 13 18 26 39 43 78 86 117 129 169 234 258 338 387 507 559 774 1,014 1,118 1,521 1,677 1,849 3,042 3,354 3,698 5,031 5,547 7,267 10,062 11,094 14,534 16,641 21,801 24,037 33,282 43,602 48,074 65,403 72,111 130,806 144,222 216,333 312,481 432,666 624,962 937,443 1,874,886 2,812,329 and 5,624,658, with no remainder.

Since 5,624,658 cannot be divided by just 1 and 5,624,658, 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).