Q: Is 5,742,576 a Composite Number?

Why is 5,742,576 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 5,742,576 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 12 14 16 18 21 24 27 28 36 42 48 54 56 63 72 81 84 108 112 126 144 162 168 189 211 216 243 252 324 336 378 422 432 486 504 567 633 648 756 844 972 1,008 1,134 1,266 1,296 1,477 1,512 1,688 1,701 1,899 1,944 2,268 2,532 2,954 3,024 3,376 3,402 3,798 3,888 4,431 4,536 5,064 5,697 5,908 6,804 7,596 8,862 9,072 10,128 11,394 11,816 13,293 13,608 15,192 17,091 17,724 22,788 23,632 26,586 27,216 30,384 34,182 35,448 39,879 45,576 51,273 53,172 68,364 70,896 79,758 91,152 102,546 106,344 119,637 136,728 159,516 205,092 212,688 239,274 273,456 319,032 358,911 410,184 478,548 638,064 717,822 820,368 957,096 1,435,644 1,914,192 2,871,288 and 5,742,576, with no remainder.

Since 5,742,576 cannot be divided by just 1 and 5,742,576, 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).