Q: Is 5,757,024 a Composite Number?

Why is 5,757,024 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 5,757,024 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 12 13 14 16 21 24 26 28 32 39 42 48 52 56 78 84 91 96 104 112 156 168 182 208 224 273 312 336 364 416 546 624 659 672 728 1,092 1,248 1,318 1,456 1,977 2,184 2,636 2,912 3,954 4,368 4,613 5,272 7,908 8,567 8,736 9,226 10,544 13,839 15,816 17,134 18,452 21,088 25,701 27,678 31,632 34,268 36,904 51,402 55,356 59,969 63,264 68,536 73,808 102,804 110,712 119,938 137,072 147,616 179,907 205,608 221,424 239,876 274,144 359,814 411,216 442,848 479,752 719,628 822,432 959,504 1,439,256 1,919,008 2,878,512 and 5,757,024, with no remainder.

Since 5,757,024 cannot be divided by just 1 and 5,757,024, 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).