Q: Is 5,207,224 a Composite Number?

Why is 5,207,224 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 5,207,224 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 8 11 22 44 47 88 94 188 376 517 1,034 1,259 2,068 2,518 4,136 5,036 10,072 13,849 27,698 55,396 59,173 110,792 118,346 236,692 473,384 650,903 1,301,806 2,603,612 and 5,207,224, with no remainder.

Since 5,207,224 cannot be divided by just 1 and 5,207,224, 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).