Q: Is 5,888,304 a Composite Number?

Why is 5,888,304 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 5,888,304 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 24 36 48 72 103 144 206 309 397 412 618 794 824 927 1,191 1,236 1,588 1,648 1,854 2,382 2,472 3,176 3,573 3,708 4,764 4,944 6,352 7,146 7,416 9,528 14,292 14,832 19,056 28,584 40,891 57,168 81,782 122,673 163,564 245,346 327,128 368,019 490,692 654,256 736,038 981,384 1,472,076 1,962,768 2,944,152 and 5,888,304, with no remainder.

Since 5,888,304 cannot be divided by just 1 and 5,888,304, 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).