Q: Is 5,202,504 a Composite Number?

Why is 5,202,504 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 5,202,504 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 18 19 24 36 38 57 72 76 114 152 171 228 342 456 684 1,368 3,803 7,606 11,409 15,212 22,818 30,424 34,227 45,636 68,454 72,257 91,272 136,908 144,514 216,771 273,816 289,028 433,542 578,056 650,313 867,084 1,300,626 1,734,168 2,601,252 and 5,202,504, with no remainder.

Since 5,202,504 cannot be divided by just 1 and 5,202,504, 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).