Q: Is 5,612,112 a Composite Number?

Why is 5,612,112 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 5,612,112 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 11 12 16 18 22 24 27 33 36 44 48 54 66 72 88 99 108 132 144 176 198 216 264 297 396 432 528 594 792 1,181 1,188 1,584 2,362 2,376 3,543 4,724 4,752 7,086 9,448 10,629 12,991 14,172 18,896 21,258 25,982 28,344 31,887 38,973 42,516 51,964 56,688 63,774 77,946 85,032 103,928 116,919 127,548 155,892 170,064 207,856 233,838 255,096 311,784 350,757 467,676 510,192 623,568 701,514 935,352 1,403,028 1,870,704 2,806,056 and 5,612,112, with no remainder.

Since 5,612,112 cannot be divided by just 1 and 5,612,112, 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).