Q: Is 5,947,872 a Composite Number?

Why is 5,947,872 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 5,947,872 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 12 14 16 21 24 28 32 42 48 53 56 84 96 106 112 159 167 168 212 224 318 334 336 371 424 501 636 668 672 742 848 1,002 1,113 1,169 1,272 1,336 1,484 1,696 2,004 2,226 2,338 2,544 2,672 2,968 3,507 4,008 4,452 4,676 5,088 5,344 5,936 7,014 8,016 8,851 8,904 9,352 11,872 14,028 16,032 17,702 17,808 18,704 26,553 28,056 35,404 35,616 37,408 53,106 56,112 61,957 70,808 106,212 112,224 123,914 141,616 185,871 212,424 247,828 283,232 371,742 424,848 495,656 743,484 849,696 991,312 1,486,968 1,982,624 2,973,936 and 5,947,872, with no remainder.

Since 5,947,872 cannot be divided by just 1 and 5,947,872, 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).