Q: Is 5,021,205 a Composite Number?

Why is 5,021,205 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 5,021,205 can be evenly divided by 1 3 5 7 15 17 21 29 35 51 85 87 97 105 119 145 203 255 291 357 435 485 493 595 609 679 1,015 1,455 1,479 1,649 1,785 2,037 2,465 2,813 3,045 3,395 3,451 4,947 7,395 8,245 8,439 10,185 10,353 11,543 14,065 17,255 19,691 24,735 34,629 42,195 47,821 51,765 57,715 59,073 98,455 143,463 173,145 239,105 295,365 334,747 717,315 1,004,241 1,673,735 and 5,021,205, with no remainder.

Since 5,021,205 cannot be divided by just 1 and 5,021,205, 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).