Q: Is 5,098,464 a Composite Number?

Why is 5,098,464 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 5,098,464 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 12 14 16 18 21 24 27 28 32 36 42 48 54 56 63 72 81 84 96 108 112 126 144 162 168 189 216 224 252 281 288 324 336 378 432 504 562 567 648 672 756 843 864 1,008 1,124 1,134 1,296 1,512 1,686 1,967 2,016 2,248 2,268 2,529 2,592 3,024 3,372 3,934 4,496 4,536 5,058 5,901 6,048 6,744 7,587 7,868 8,992 9,072 10,116 11,802 13,488 15,174 15,736 17,703 18,144 20,232 22,761 23,604 26,976 30,348 31,472 35,406 40,464 45,522 47,208 53,109 60,696 62,944 70,812 80,928 91,044 94,416 106,218 121,392 141,624 159,327 182,088 188,832 212,436 242,784 283,248 318,654 364,176 424,872 566,496 637,308 728,352 849,744 1,274,616 1,699,488 2,549,232 and 5,098,464, with no remainder.

Since 5,098,464 cannot be divided by just 1 and 5,098,464, 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).