Q: Is 5,775,848 a Composite Number?

Why is 5,775,848 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 5,775,848 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 8 13 19 26 37 38 52 74 76 79 104 148 152 158 247 296 316 481 494 632 703 962 988 1,027 1,406 1,501 1,924 1,976 2,054 2,812 2,923 3,002 3,848 4,108 5,624 5,846 6,004 8,216 9,139 11,692 12,008 18,278 19,513 23,384 36,556 37,999 39,026 55,537 73,112 75,998 78,052 111,074 151,996 156,104 222,148 303,992 444,296 721,981 1,443,962 2,887,924 and 5,775,848, with no remainder.

Since 5,775,848 cannot be divided by just 1 and 5,775,848, 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).