Q: Is 5,746,248 a Composite Number?

Why is 5,746,248 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 5,746,248 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 18 24 27 36 37 54 72 74 108 111 148 216 222 296 333 444 666 719 888 999 1,332 1,438 1,998 2,157 2,664 2,876 3,996 4,314 5,752 6,471 7,992 8,628 12,942 17,256 19,413 25,884 26,603 38,826 51,768 53,206 77,652 79,809 106,412 155,304 159,618 212,824 239,427 319,236 478,854 638,472 718,281 957,708 1,436,562 1,915,416 2,873,124 and 5,746,248, with no remainder.

Since 5,746,248 cannot be divided by just 1 and 5,746,248, 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).