Q: Is 5,889,216 a Composite Number?

Why is 5,889,216 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 5,889,216 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 16 24 32 37 48 64 74 96 111 148 192 222 296 444 592 829 888 1,184 1,658 1,776 2,368 2,487 3,316 3,552 4,974 6,632 7,104 9,948 13,264 19,896 26,528 30,673 39,792 53,056 61,346 79,584 92,019 122,692 159,168 184,038 245,384 368,076 490,768 736,152 981,536 1,472,304 1,963,072 2,944,608 and 5,889,216, with no remainder.

Since 5,889,216 cannot be divided by just 1 and 5,889,216, 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).