Q: Is 5,673,216 a Composite Number?

Why is 5,673,216 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 5,673,216 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 16 24 32 48 64 83 89 96 128 166 178 192 249 256 267 332 356 384 498 534 664 712 768 996 1,068 1,328 1,424 1,992 2,136 2,656 2,848 3,984 4,272 5,312 5,696 7,387 7,968 8,544 10,624 11,392 14,774 15,936 17,088 21,248 22,161 22,784 29,548 31,872 34,176 44,322 59,096 63,744 68,352 88,644 118,192 177,288 236,384 354,576 472,768 709,152 945,536 1,418,304 1,891,072 2,836,608 and 5,673,216, with no remainder.

Since 5,673,216 cannot be divided by just 1 and 5,673,216, 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).