Q: Is 5,678,748 a Composite Number?

Why is 5,678,748 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 5,678,748 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 9 12 17 18 27 34 36 51 54 68 81 102 108 153 162 204 306 324 459 612 918 1,031 1,377 1,836 2,062 2,754 3,093 4,124 5,508 6,186 9,279 12,372 17,527 18,558 27,837 35,054 37,116 52,581 55,674 70,108 83,511 105,162 111,348 157,743 167,022 210,324 315,486 334,044 473,229 630,972 946,458 1,419,687 1,892,916 2,839,374 and 5,678,748, with no remainder.

Since 5,678,748 cannot be divided by just 1 and 5,678,748, 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).