Q: Is 5,743,752 a Composite Number?

Why is 5,743,752 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 5,743,752 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 12 14 21 24 28 42 56 84 168 179 191 358 382 537 573 716 764 1,074 1,146 1,253 1,337 1,432 1,528 2,148 2,292 2,506 2,674 3,759 4,011 4,296 4,584 5,012 5,348 7,518 8,022 10,024 10,696 15,036 16,044 30,072 32,088 34,189 68,378 102,567 136,756 205,134 239,323 273,512 410,268 478,646 717,969 820,536 957,292 1,435,938 1,914,584 2,871,876 and 5,743,752, with no remainder.

Since 5,743,752 cannot be divided by just 1 and 5,743,752, 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).