Q: Is 5,135,112 a Composite Number?

Why is 5,135,112 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 5,135,112 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 18 24 36 72 73 146 219 292 438 584 657 876 977 1,314 1,752 1,954 2,628 2,931 3,908 5,256 5,862 7,816 8,793 11,724 17,586 23,448 35,172 70,344 71,321 142,642 213,963 285,284 427,926 570,568 641,889 855,852 1,283,778 1,711,704 2,567,556 and 5,135,112, with no remainder.

Since 5,135,112 cannot be divided by just 1 and 5,135,112, 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).