Q: Is 5,673,276 a Composite Number?

Why is 5,673,276 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 5,673,276 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 9 12 14 18 21 28 36 42 47 63 84 94 126 141 188 252 282 329 423 479 564 658 846 958 987 1,316 1,437 1,692 1,916 1,974 2,874 2,961 3,353 3,948 4,311 5,748 5,922 6,706 8,622 10,059 11,844 13,412 17,244 20,118 22,513 30,177 40,236 45,026 60,354 67,539 90,052 120,708 135,078 157,591 202,617 270,156 315,182 405,234 472,773 630,364 810,468 945,546 1,418,319 1,891,092 2,836,638 and 5,673,276, with no remainder.

Since 5,673,276 cannot be divided by just 1 and 5,673,276, 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).