Q: Is 5,006,772 a Composite Number?

Why is 5,006,772 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 5,006,772 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 9 12 17 18 27 34 36 51 54 68 81 101 102 108 153 162 202 204 243 303 306 324 404 459 486 606 612 729 909 918 972 1,212 1,377 1,458 1,717 1,818 1,836 2,727 2,754 2,916 3,434 3,636 4,131 5,151 5,454 5,508 6,868 8,181 8,262 10,302 10,908 12,393 15,453 16,362 16,524 20,604 24,543 24,786 30,906 32,724 46,359 49,086 49,572 61,812 73,629 92,718 98,172 139,077 147,258 185,436 278,154 294,516 417,231 556,308 834,462 1,251,693 1,668,924 2,503,386 and 5,006,772, with no remainder.

Since 5,006,772 cannot be divided by just 1 and 5,006,772, 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).