Q: Is 5,124,540 a Composite Number?

Why is 5,124,540 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 5,124,540 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 10 12 15 20 30 60 223 383 446 669 766 892 1,115 1,149 1,338 1,532 1,915 2,230 2,298 2,676 3,345 3,830 4,460 4,596 5,745 6,690 7,660 11,490 13,380 22,980 85,409 170,818 256,227 341,636 427,045 512,454 854,090 1,024,908 1,281,135 1,708,180 2,562,270 and 5,124,540, with no remainder.

Since 5,124,540 cannot be divided by just 1 and 5,124,540, 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).