Q: Is 5,146,470 a Composite Number?

Why is 5,146,470 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 5,146,470 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 5 6 7 9 10 14 15 18 21 27 30 35 42 45 49 54 63 70 90 98 105 126 135 147 189 210 245 270 294 315 378 389 441 490 630 735 778 882 945 1,167 1,323 1,470 1,890 1,945 2,205 2,334 2,646 2,723 3,501 3,890 4,410 5,446 5,835 6,615 7,002 8,169 10,503 11,670 13,230 13,615 16,338 17,505 19,061 21,006 24,507 27,230 35,010 38,122 40,845 49,014 52,515 57,183 73,521 81,690 95,305 105,030 114,366 122,535 147,042 171,549 190,610 245,070 285,915 343,098 367,605 514,647 571,830 735,210 857,745 1,029,294 1,715,490 2,573,235 and 5,146,470, with no remainder.

Since 5,146,470 cannot be divided by just 1 and 5,146,470, 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).