Q: Is 5,202,885 a Composite Number?

Why is 5,202,885 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 5,202,885 can be evenly divided by 1 3 5 15 31 67 93 155 167 201 335 465 501 835 1,005 2,077 2,505 5,177 6,231 10,385 11,189 15,531 25,885 31,155 33,567 55,945 77,655 167,835 346,859 1,040,577 1,734,295 and 5,202,885, with no remainder.

Since 5,202,885 cannot be divided by just 1 and 5,202,885, 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).