Q: Is 5,175,990 a Composite Number?

Why is 5,175,990 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 5,175,990 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 5 6 9 10 15 17 18 30 34 45 51 85 90 102 153 170 199 255 289 306 398 510 578 597 765 867 995 1,194 1,445 1,530 1,734 1,791 1,990 2,601 2,890 2,985 3,383 3,582 4,335 5,202 5,970 6,766 8,670 8,955 10,149 13,005 16,915 17,910 20,298 26,010 30,447 33,830 50,745 57,511 60,894 101,490 115,022 152,235 172,533 287,555 304,470 345,066 517,599 575,110 862,665 1,035,198 1,725,330 2,587,995 and 5,175,990, with no remainder.

Since 5,175,990 cannot be divided by just 1 and 5,175,990, 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).