Q: Is 5,998,848 a Composite Number?

Why is 5,998,848 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 5,998,848 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 16 24 32 48 64 73 96 107 128 146 192 214 219 256 292 321 384 428 438 584 642 768 856 876 1,168 1,284 1,712 1,752 2,336 2,568 3,424 3,504 4,672 5,136 6,848 7,008 7,811 9,344 10,272 13,696 14,016 15,622 18,688 20,544 23,433 27,392 28,032 31,244 41,088 46,866 56,064 62,488 82,176 93,732 124,976 187,464 249,952 374,928 499,904 749,856 999,808 1,499,712 1,999,616 2,999,424 and 5,998,848, with no remainder.

Since 5,998,848 cannot be divided by just 1 and 5,998,848, 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).