Q: Is 5,727,024 a Composite Number?

Why is 5,727,024 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 5,727,024 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 24 27 36 48 54 72 81 108 144 162 216 243 324 432 486 491 648 729 972 982 1,296 1,458 1,473 1,944 1,964 2,916 2,946 3,888 3,928 4,419 5,832 5,892 7,856 8,838 11,664 11,784 13,257 17,676 23,568 26,514 35,352 39,771 53,028 70,704 79,542 106,056 119,313 159,084 212,112 238,626 318,168 357,939 477,252 636,336 715,878 954,504 1,431,756 1,909,008 2,863,512 and 5,727,024, with no remainder.

Since 5,727,024 cannot be divided by just 1 and 5,727,024, 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).