Q: Is 5,135,624 a Composite Number?

Why is 5,135,624 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 5,135,624 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 8 13 19 23 26 38 46 52 76 92 104 113 152 184 226 247 299 437 452 494 598 874 904 988 1,196 1,469 1,748 1,976 2,147 2,392 2,599 2,938 3,496 4,294 5,198 5,681 5,876 8,588 10,396 11,362 11,752 17,176 20,792 22,724 27,911 33,787 45,448 49,381 55,822 67,574 98,762 111,644 135,148 197,524 223,288 270,296 395,048 641,953 1,283,906 2,567,812 and 5,135,624, with no remainder.

Since 5,135,624 cannot be divided by just 1 and 5,135,624, 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).