Q: Is 5,129,748 a Composite Number?

Why is 5,129,748 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 5,129,748 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 9 12 13 18 26 36 39 52 78 97 113 117 156 194 226 234 291 339 388 452 468 582 678 873 1,017 1,164 1,261 1,356 1,469 1,746 2,034 2,522 2,938 3,492 3,783 4,068 4,407 5,044 5,876 7,566 8,814 10,961 11,349 13,221 15,132 17,628 21,922 22,698 26,442 32,883 43,844 45,396 52,884 65,766 98,649 131,532 142,493 197,298 284,986 394,596 427,479 569,972 854,958 1,282,437 1,709,916 2,564,874 and 5,129,748, with no remainder.

Since 5,129,748 cannot be divided by just 1 and 5,129,748, 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).