Q: Is 5,201,497 a Composite Number?

Why is 5,201,497 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 5,201,497 can be evenly divided by 1 7 19 37 49 133 151 259 703 931 1,057 1,813 2,869 4,921 5,587 7,399 20,083 34,447 39,109 106,153 140,581 273,763 743,071 and 5,201,497, with no remainder.

Since 5,201,497 cannot be divided by just 1 and 5,201,497, 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).