Q: Is 5,052,502 a Composite Number?

Why is 5,052,502 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 5,052,502 can be evenly divided by 1 2 7 13 14 17 23 26 34 46 71 91 119 142 161 182 221 238 299 322 391 442 497 598 782 923 994 1,207 1,547 1,633 1,846 2,093 2,414 2,737 3,094 3,266 4,186 5,083 5,474 6,461 8,449 10,166 11,431 12,922 15,691 16,898 21,229 22,862 27,761 31,382 35,581 42,458 55,522 71,162 109,837 148,603 194,327 219,674 297,206 360,893 388,654 721,786 2,526,251 and 5,052,502, with no remainder.

Since 5,052,502 cannot be divided by just 1 and 5,052,502, 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).