Q: Is 5,791,824 a Composite Number?

Why is 5,791,824 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 5,791,824 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 24 27 36 41 48 54 72 81 82 108 109 123 144 162 164 216 218 246 324 327 328 369 432 436 492 648 654 656 738 872 981 984 1,107 1,296 1,308 1,476 1,744 1,962 1,968 2,214 2,616 2,943 2,952 3,321 3,924 4,428 4,469 5,232 5,886 5,904 6,642 7,848 8,829 8,856 8,938 11,772 13,284 13,407 15,696 17,658 17,712 17,876 23,544 26,568 26,814 35,316 35,752 40,221 47,088 53,136 53,628 70,632 71,504 80,442 107,256 120,663 141,264 160,884 214,512 241,326 321,768 361,989 482,652 643,536 723,978 965,304 1,447,956 1,930,608 2,895,912 and 5,791,824, with no remainder.

Since 5,791,824 cannot be divided by just 1 and 5,791,824, 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).