Q: Is 5,031,684 a Composite Number?

Why is 5,031,684 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 5,031,684 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 9 12 14 18 21 28 36 41 42 63 82 84 123 126 164 246 252 287 369 487 492 574 738 861 974 1,148 1,461 1,476 1,722 1,948 2,583 2,922 3,409 3,444 4,383 5,166 5,844 6,818 8,766 10,227 10,332 13,636 17,532 19,967 20,454 30,681 39,934 40,908 59,901 61,362 79,868 119,802 122,724 139,769 179,703 239,604 279,538 359,406 419,307 559,076 718,812 838,614 1,257,921 1,677,228 2,515,842 and 5,031,684, with no remainder.

Since 5,031,684 cannot be divided by just 1 and 5,031,684, 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).