Q: Is 5,110,722 a Composite Number?

Why is 5,110,722 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 5,110,722 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 9 18 27 31 43 54 62 71 86 93 129 142 186 213 258 279 387 426 558 639 774 837 1,161 1,278 1,333 1,674 1,917 2,201 2,322 2,666 3,053 3,834 3,999 4,402 6,106 6,603 7,998 9,159 11,997 13,206 18,318 19,809 23,994 27,477 35,991 39,618 54,954 59,427 71,982 82,431 94,643 118,854 164,862 189,286 283,929 567,858 851,787 1,703,574 2,555,361 and 5,110,722, with no remainder.

Since 5,110,722 cannot be divided by just 1 and 5,110,722, 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).