Q: Is 5,744,736 a Composite Number?

Why is 5,744,736 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 5,744,736 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 24 27 32 36 48 54 61 72 96 108 109 122 144 183 216 218 244 288 327 366 432 436 488 549 654 732 864 872 976 981 1,098 1,308 1,464 1,647 1,744 1,952 1,962 2,196 2,616 2,928 2,943 3,294 3,488 3,924 4,392 5,232 5,856 5,886 6,588 6,649 7,848 8,784 10,464 11,772 13,176 13,298 15,696 17,568 19,947 23,544 26,352 26,596 31,392 39,894 47,088 52,704 53,192 59,841 79,788 94,176 106,384 119,682 159,576 179,523 212,768 239,364 319,152 359,046 478,728 638,304 718,092 957,456 1,436,184 1,914,912 2,872,368 and 5,744,736, with no remainder.

Since 5,744,736 cannot be divided by just 1 and 5,744,736, 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).