Q: Is 5,201,496 a Composite Number?

Why is 5,201,496 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 5,201,496 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 18 23 24 27 36 46 54 69 72 81 92 108 138 162 184 207 216 276 324 349 414 552 621 648 698 828 1,047 1,242 1,396 1,656 1,863 2,094 2,484 2,792 3,141 3,726 4,188 4,968 6,282 7,452 8,027 8,376 9,423 12,564 14,904 16,054 18,846 24,081 25,128 28,269 32,108 37,692 48,162 56,538 64,216 72,243 75,384 96,324 113,076 144,486 192,648 216,729 226,152 288,972 433,458 577,944 650,187 866,916 1,300,374 1,733,832 2,600,748 and 5,201,496, with no remainder.

Since 5,201,496 cannot be divided by just 1 and 5,201,496, 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).