Q: Is 5,052,978 a Composite Number?

Why is 5,052,978 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 5,052,978 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 7 9 14 17 18 21 34 42 49 51 63 98 102 119 126 147 153 238 294 306 337 357 441 674 714 833 882 1,011 1,071 1,666 2,022 2,142 2,359 2,499 3,033 4,718 4,998 5,729 6,066 7,077 7,497 11,458 14,154 14,994 16,513 17,187 21,231 33,026 34,374 40,103 42,462 49,539 51,561 80,206 99,078 103,122 120,309 148,617 240,618 280,721 297,234 360,927 561,442 721,854 842,163 1,684,326 2,526,489 and 5,052,978, with no remainder.

Since 5,052,978 cannot be divided by just 1 and 5,052,978, 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).