Q: Is 5,017,740 a Composite Number?

Why is 5,017,740 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 5,017,740 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 10 12 13 14 15 20 21 26 28 30 35 39 42 52 60 65 70 78 84 91 105 130 140 156 182 195 210 260 273 364 390 420 455 546 780 910 919 1,092 1,365 1,820 1,838 2,730 2,757 3,676 4,595 5,460 5,514 6,433 9,190 11,028 11,947 12,866 13,785 18,380 19,299 23,894 25,732 27,570 32,165 35,841 38,598 47,788 55,140 59,735 64,330 71,682 77,196 83,629 96,495 119,470 128,660 143,364 167,258 179,205 192,990 238,940 250,887 334,516 358,410 385,980 418,145 501,774 716,820 836,290 1,003,548 1,254,435 1,672,580 2,508,870 and 5,017,740, with no remainder.

Since 5,017,740 cannot be divided by just 1 and 5,017,740, 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).