Q: Is 5,738,592 a Composite Number?

Why is 5,738,592 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 5,738,592 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 16 23 24 32 46 48 69 92 96 113 138 184 226 276 339 368 452 529 552 678 736 904 1,058 1,104 1,356 1,587 1,808 2,116 2,208 2,599 2,712 3,174 3,616 4,232 5,198 5,424 6,348 7,797 8,464 10,396 10,848 12,696 15,594 16,928 20,792 25,392 31,188 41,584 50,784 59,777 62,376 83,168 119,554 124,752 179,331 239,108 249,504 358,662 478,216 717,324 956,432 1,434,648 1,912,864 2,869,296 and 5,738,592, with no remainder.

Since 5,738,592 cannot be divided by just 1 and 5,738,592, 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).