Q: Is 5,740,672 a Composite Number?

Why is 5,740,672 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 5,740,672 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 8 14 16 28 32 43 56 64 86 112 128 149 172 224 298 301 344 448 596 602 688 896 1,043 1,192 1,204 1,376 2,086 2,384 2,408 2,752 4,172 4,768 4,816 5,504 6,407 8,344 9,536 9,632 12,814 16,688 19,072 19,264 25,628 33,376 38,528 44,849 51,256 66,752 89,698 102,512 133,504 179,396 205,024 358,792 410,048 717,584 820,096 1,435,168 2,870,336 and 5,740,672, with no remainder.

Since 5,740,672 cannot be divided by just 1 and 5,740,672, 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).