Q: Is 5,862,948 a Composite Number?

Why is 5,862,948 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 5,862,948 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 12 13 14 21 26 28 39 42 49 52 59 78 84 91 98 118 147 156 169 177 182 196 236 273 294 338 354 364 413 507 546 588 637 676 708 767 826 1,014 1,092 1,183 1,239 1,274 1,534 1,652 1,911 2,028 2,301 2,366 2,478 2,548 2,891 3,068 3,549 3,822 4,602 4,732 4,956 5,369 5,782 7,098 7,644 8,281 8,673 9,204 9,971 10,738 11,564 14,196 16,107 16,562 17,346 19,942 21,476 24,843 29,913 32,214 33,124 34,692 37,583 39,884 49,686 59,826 64,428 69,797 75,166 99,372 112,749 119,652 139,594 150,332 209,391 225,498 279,188 418,782 450,996 488,579 837,564 977,158 1,465,737 1,954,316 2,931,474 and 5,862,948, with no remainder.

Since 5,862,948 cannot be divided by just 1 and 5,862,948, 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).