Q: Is 5,773,872 a Composite Number?

Why is 5,773,872 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 5,773,872 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 13 16 19 24 26 38 39 48 52 57 76 78 104 114 152 156 208 228 247 304 312 456 487 494 624 741 912 974 988 1,461 1,482 1,948 1,976 2,922 2,964 3,896 3,952 5,844 5,928 6,331 7,792 9,253 11,688 11,856 12,662 18,506 18,993 23,376 25,324 27,759 37,012 37,986 50,648 55,518 74,024 75,972 101,296 111,036 120,289 148,048 151,944 222,072 240,578 303,888 360,867 444,144 481,156 721,734 962,312 1,443,468 1,924,624 2,886,936 and 5,773,872, with no remainder.

Since 5,773,872 cannot be divided by just 1 and 5,773,872, 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).