Q: Is 5,692,248 a Composite Number?

Why is 5,692,248 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 5,692,248 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 18 19 24 27 36 38 54 57 72 73 76 108 114 146 152 171 216 219 228 292 342 361 438 456 513 584 657 684 722 876 1,026 1,083 1,314 1,368 1,387 1,444 1,752 1,971 2,052 2,166 2,628 2,774 2,888 3,249 3,942 4,104 4,161 4,332 5,256 5,548 6,498 7,884 8,322 8,664 9,747 11,096 12,483 12,996 15,768 16,644 19,494 24,966 25,992 26,353 33,288 37,449 38,988 49,932 52,706 74,898 77,976 79,059 99,864 105,412 149,796 158,118 210,824 237,177 299,592 316,236 474,354 632,472 711,531 948,708 1,423,062 1,897,416 2,846,124 and 5,692,248, with no remainder.

Since 5,692,248 cannot be divided by just 1 and 5,692,248, 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).