Q: Is 5,828,724 a Composite Number?

Why is 5,828,724 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 5,828,724 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 9 11 12 18 22 33 36 41 44 66 82 99 123 132 164 198 246 359 369 396 451 492 718 738 902 1,077 1,353 1,436 1,476 1,804 2,154 2,706 3,231 3,949 4,059 4,308 5,412 6,462 7,898 8,118 11,847 12,924 14,719 15,796 16,236 23,694 29,438 35,541 44,157 47,388 58,876 71,082 88,314 132,471 142,164 161,909 176,628 264,942 323,818 485,727 529,884 647,636 971,454 1,457,181 1,942,908 2,914,362 and 5,828,724, with no remainder.

Since 5,828,724 cannot be divided by just 1 and 5,828,724, 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).