Q: Is 5,996,496 a Composite Number?

Why is 5,996,496 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 5,996,496 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 11 12 16 22 24 33 41 44 48 66 82 88 123 132 164 176 246 264 277 328 451 492 528 554 656 831 902 984 1,108 1,353 1,662 1,804 1,968 2,216 2,706 3,047 3,324 3,608 4,432 5,412 6,094 6,648 7,216 9,141 10,824 11,357 12,188 13,296 18,282 21,648 22,714 24,376 34,071 36,564 45,428 48,752 68,142 73,128 90,856 124,927 136,284 146,256 181,712 249,854 272,568 374,781 499,708 545,136 749,562 999,416 1,499,124 1,998,832 2,998,248 and 5,996,496, with no remainder.

Since 5,996,496 cannot be divided by just 1 and 5,996,496, 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).