Q: Is 5,202,876 a Composite Number?

Why is 5,202,876 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 5,202,876 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 12 14 21 23 28 42 46 69 84 92 138 161 276 322 483 644 966 1,932 2,693 5,386 8,079 10,772 16,158 18,851 32,316 37,702 56,553 61,939 75,404 113,106 123,878 185,817 226,212 247,756 371,634 433,573 743,268 867,146 1,300,719 1,734,292 2,601,438 and 5,202,876, with no remainder.

Since 5,202,876 cannot be divided by just 1 and 5,202,876, 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).