Q: Is 5,001,024 a Composite Number?

Why is 5,001,024 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 5,001,024 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 12 14 16 21 24 28 32 42 48 56 61 64 84 96 112 122 168 183 192 224 244 336 366 427 448 488 672 732 854 976 1,281 1,344 1,464 1,708 1,952 2,562 2,928 3,416 3,721 3,904 5,124 5,856 6,832 7,442 10,248 11,163 11,712 13,664 14,884 20,496 22,326 26,047 27,328 29,768 40,992 44,652 52,094 59,536 78,141 81,984 89,304 104,188 119,072 156,282 178,608 208,376 238,144 312,564 357,216 416,752 625,128 714,432 833,504 1,250,256 1,667,008 2,500,512 and 5,001,024, with no remainder.

Since 5,001,024 cannot be divided by just 1 and 5,001,024, 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).