Q: Is 5,744,112 a Composite Number?

Why is 5,744,112 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 5,744,112 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 11 12 16 22 23 24 33 43 44 46 48 66 69 86 88 92 121 129 132 138 172 176 184 242 253 258 264 276 344 363 368 473 484 506 516 528 552 688 726 759 946 968 989 1,012 1,032 1,104 1,419 1,452 1,518 1,892 1,936 1,978 2,024 2,064 2,783 2,838 2,904 2,967 3,036 3,784 3,956 4,048 5,203 5,566 5,676 5,808 5,934 6,072 7,568 7,912 8,349 10,406 10,879 11,132 11,352 11,868 12,144 15,609 15,824 16,698 20,812 21,758 22,264 22,704 23,736 31,218 32,637 33,396 41,624 43,516 44,528 47,472 62,436 65,274 66,792 83,248 87,032 119,669 124,872 130,548 133,584 174,064 239,338 249,744 261,096 359,007 478,676 522,192 718,014 957,352 1,436,028 1,914,704 2,872,056 and 5,744,112, with no remainder.

Since 5,744,112 cannot be divided by just 1 and 5,744,112, 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).