Q: Is 5,048,505 a Composite Number?

Why is 5,048,505 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 5,048,505 can be evenly divided by 1 3 5 7 9 11 15 21 31 33 35 45 47 55 63 77 93 99 105 141 155 165 217 231 235 279 315 329 341 385 423 465 495 517 651 693 705 987 1,023 1,085 1,155 1,395 1,457 1,551 1,645 1,705 1,953 2,115 2,387 2,585 2,961 3,069 3,255 3,465 3,619 4,371 4,653 4,935 5,115 7,161 7,285 7,755 9,765 10,199 10,857 11,935 13,113 14,805 15,345 16,027 18,095 21,483 21,855 23,265 30,597 32,571 35,805 48,081 50,995 54,285 65,565 80,135 91,791 107,415 112,189 144,243 152,985 162,855 240,405 336,567 458,955 560,945 721,215 1,009,701 1,682,835 and 5,048,505, with no remainder.

Since 5,048,505 cannot be divided by just 1 and 5,048,505, 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).