Q: Is 5,173,740 a Composite Number?

Why is 5,173,740 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 5,173,740 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 9 10 11 12 13 15 18 20 22 26 27 30 33 36 39 44 45 52 54 55 60 65 66 67 78 90 99 108 110 117 130 132 134 135 143 156 165 180 195 198 201 220 234 260 268 270 286 297 330 335 351 390 396 402 429 468 495 540 572 585 594 603 660 670 702 715 737 780 804 858 871 990 1,005 1,170 1,188 1,206 1,287 1,340 1,404 1,430 1,474 1,485 1,716 1,742 1,755 1,809 1,980 2,010 2,145 2,211 2,340 2,412 2,574 2,613 2,860 2,948 2,970 3,015 3,484 3,510 3,618 3,685 3,861 4,020 4,290 4,355 4,422 5,148 5,226 5,940 6,030 6,435 6,633 7,020 7,236 7,370 7,722 7,839 8,580 8,710 8,844 9,045 9,581 10,452 11,055 12,060 12,870 13,065 13,266 14,740 15,444 15,678 17,420 18,090 19,162 19,305 19,899 22,110 23,517 25,740 26,130 26,532 28,743 31,356 33,165 36,180 38,324 38,610 39,195 39,798 44,220 47,034 47,905 52,260 57,486 66,330 77,220 78,390 79,596 86,229 94,068 95,810 99,495 114,972 117,585 132,660 143,715 156,780 172,458 191,620 198,990 235,170 258,687 287,430 344,916 397,980 431,145 470,340 517,374 574,860 862,290 1,034,748 1,293,435 1,724,580 2,586,870 and 5,173,740, with no remainder.

Since 5,173,740 cannot be divided by just 1 and 5,173,740, 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).