Q: Is 5,717,628 a Composite Number?

Why is 5,717,628 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 5,717,628 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 9 12 14 18 21 27 28 36 42 54 63 81 84 108 126 162 189 252 324 378 567 756 1,134 2,268 2,521 5,042 7,563 10,084 15,126 17,647 22,689 30,252 35,294 45,378 52,941 68,067 70,588 90,756 105,882 136,134 158,823 204,201 211,764 272,268 317,646 408,402 476,469 635,292 816,804 952,938 1,429,407 1,905,876 2,858,814 and 5,717,628, with no remainder.

Since 5,717,628 cannot be divided by just 1 and 5,717,628, 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).