Q: Is 5,742,198 a Composite Number?

Why is 5,742,198 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 5,742,198 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 7 9 11 14 18 21 22 27 33 42 54 63 66 77 99 126 154 189 198 231 297 378 462 594 693 1,381 1,386 2,079 2,762 4,143 4,158 8,286 9,667 12,429 15,191 19,334 24,858 29,001 30,382 37,287 45,573 58,002 74,574 87,003 91,146 106,337 136,719 174,006 212,674 261,009 273,438 319,011 410,157 522,018 638,022 820,314 957,033 1,914,066 2,871,099 and 5,742,198, with no remainder.

Since 5,742,198 cannot be divided by just 1 and 5,742,198, 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).