Q: Is 5,046,522 a Composite Number?

Why is 5,046,522 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 5,046,522 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 13 23 26 29 39 46 58 69 78 87 97 138 174 194 291 299 377 582 598 667 754 897 1,131 1,261 1,334 1,794 2,001 2,231 2,262 2,522 2,813 3,783 4,002 4,462 5,626 6,693 7,566 8,439 8,671 13,386 16,878 17,342 26,013 29,003 36,569 52,026 58,006 64,699 73,138 87,009 109,707 129,398 174,018 194,097 219,414 388,194 841,087 1,682,174 2,523,261 and 5,046,522, with no remainder.

Since 5,046,522 cannot be divided by just 1 and 5,046,522, 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).