Q: Is 5,124,740 a Composite Number?

Why is 5,124,740 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 5,124,740 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 10 20 43 59 86 101 118 172 202 215 236 295 404 430 505 590 860 1,010 1,180 2,020 2,537 4,343 5,074 5,959 8,686 10,148 11,918 12,685 17,372 21,715 23,836 25,370 29,795 43,430 50,740 59,590 86,860 119,180 256,237 512,474 1,024,948 1,281,185 2,562,370 and 5,124,740, with no remainder.

Since 5,124,740 cannot be divided by just 1 and 5,124,740, 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).