Q: Is 5,006,340 a Composite Number?

Why is 5,006,340 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 5,006,340 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 9 10 12 15 18 20 27 30 36 45 54 60 73 90 108 127 135 146 180 219 254 270 292 365 381 438 508 540 635 657 730 762 876 1,095 1,143 1,270 1,314 1,460 1,524 1,905 1,971 2,190 2,286 2,540 2,628 3,285 3,429 3,810 3,942 4,380 4,572 5,715 6,570 6,858 7,620 7,884 9,271 9,855 11,430 13,140 13,716 17,145 18,542 19,710 22,860 27,813 34,290 37,084 39,420 46,355 55,626 68,580 83,439 92,710 111,252 139,065 166,878 185,420 250,317 278,130 333,756 417,195 500,634 556,260 834,390 1,001,268 1,251,585 1,668,780 2,503,170 and 5,006,340, with no remainder.

Since 5,006,340 cannot be divided by just 1 and 5,006,340, 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).