Q: Is 5,171,740 a Composite Number?

Why is 5,171,740 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 5,171,740 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 7 10 14 17 20 28 34 35 41 53 68 70 82 85 106 119 140 164 170 205 212 238 265 287 340 371 410 476 530 574 595 697 742 820 901 1,060 1,148 1,190 1,394 1,435 1,484 1,802 1,855 2,173 2,380 2,788 2,870 3,485 3,604 3,710 4,346 4,505 4,879 5,740 6,307 6,970 7,420 8,692 9,010 9,758 10,865 12,614 13,940 15,211 18,020 19,516 21,730 24,395 25,228 30,422 31,535 36,941 43,460 48,790 60,844 63,070 73,882 76,055 97,580 126,140 147,764 152,110 184,705 258,587 304,220 369,410 517,174 738,820 1,034,348 1,292,935 2,585,870 and 5,171,740, with no remainder.

Since 5,171,740 cannot be divided by just 1 and 5,171,740, 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).