Q: Is 5,889,888 a Composite Number?

Why is 5,889,888 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 5,889,888 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 17 18 24 27 32 34 36 48 51 54 68 72 96 102 108 136 144 153 204 216 272 288 306 401 408 432 459 544 612 802 816 864 918 1,203 1,224 1,604 1,632 1,836 2,406 2,448 3,208 3,609 3,672 4,812 4,896 6,416 6,817 7,218 7,344 9,624 10,827 12,832 13,634 14,436 14,688 19,248 20,451 21,654 27,268 28,872 38,496 40,902 43,308 54,536 57,744 61,353 81,804 86,616 109,072 115,488 122,706 163,608 173,232 184,059 218,144 245,412 327,216 346,464 368,118 490,824 654,432 736,236 981,648 1,472,472 1,963,296 2,944,944 and 5,889,888, with no remainder.

Since 5,889,888 cannot be divided by just 1 and 5,889,888, 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).