Q: Is 5,738,436 a Composite Number?

Why is 5,738,436 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 5,738,436 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 9 11 12 18 22 33 36 43 44 66 86 99 129 132 172 198 258 337 387 396 473 516 674 774 946 1,011 1,348 1,419 1,548 1,892 2,022 2,838 3,033 3,707 4,044 4,257 5,676 6,066 7,414 8,514 11,121 12,132 14,491 14,828 17,028 22,242 28,982 33,363 43,473 44,484 57,964 66,726 86,946 130,419 133,452 159,401 173,892 260,838 318,802 478,203 521,676 637,604 956,406 1,434,609 1,912,812 2,869,218 and 5,738,436, with no remainder.

Since 5,738,436 cannot be divided by just 1 and 5,738,436, 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).