Q: Is 5,001,822 a Composite Number?

Why is 5,001,822 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 5,001,822 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 7 9 14 18 21 42 49 53 63 98 106 107 126 147 159 214 294 318 321 371 441 477 642 742 749 882 954 963 1,113 1,498 1,926 2,226 2,247 2,597 3,339 4,494 5,194 5,243 5,671 6,678 6,741 7,791 10,486 11,342 13,482 15,582 15,729 17,013 23,373 31,458 34,026 39,697 46,746 47,187 51,039 79,394 94,374 102,078 119,091 238,182 277,879 357,273 555,758 714,546 833,637 1,667,274 2,500,911 and 5,001,822, with no remainder.

Since 5,001,822 cannot be divided by just 1 and 5,001,822, 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).