Q: Is 5,127,980 a Composite Number?

Why is 5,127,980 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 5,127,980 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 10 11 13 20 22 26 44 52 55 65 110 121 130 143 163 220 242 260 286 326 484 572 605 652 715 815 1,210 1,430 1,573 1,630 1,793 2,119 2,420 2,860 3,146 3,260 3,586 4,238 6,292 7,172 7,865 8,476 8,965 10,595 15,730 17,930 19,723 21,190 23,309 31,460 35,860 39,446 42,380 46,618 78,892 93,236 98,615 116,545 197,230 233,090 256,399 394,460 466,180 512,798 1,025,596 1,281,995 2,563,990 and 5,127,980, with no remainder.

Since 5,127,980 cannot be divided by just 1 and 5,127,980, 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).