Q: Is 5,738,112 a Composite Number?

Why is 5,738,112 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 5,738,112 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 17 18 24 32 34 36 48 51 64 68 72 96 102 128 136 144 153 192 204 272 288 293 306 384 408 544 576 586 612 816 879 1,088 1,152 1,172 1,224 1,632 1,758 2,176 2,344 2,448 2,637 3,264 3,516 4,688 4,896 4,981 5,274 6,528 7,032 9,376 9,792 9,962 10,548 14,064 14,943 18,752 19,584 19,924 21,096 28,128 29,886 37,504 39,848 42,192 44,829 56,256 59,772 79,696 84,384 89,658 112,512 119,544 159,392 168,768 179,316 239,088 318,784 337,536 358,632 478,176 637,568 717,264 956,352 1,434,528 1,912,704 2,869,056 and 5,738,112, with no remainder.

Since 5,738,112 cannot be divided by just 1 and 5,738,112, 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).