Q: Is 522,522 a Composite Number?

Why is 522,522 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 522,522 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 7 9 11 13 14 18 21 22 26 29 33 39 42 58 63 66 77 78 87 91 99 117 126 143 154 174 182 198 203 231 234 261 273 286 319 377 406 429 462 522 546 609 638 693 754 819 858 957 1,001 1,131 1,218 1,287 1,386 1,638 1,827 1,914 2,002 2,233 2,262 2,574 2,639 2,871 3,003 3,393 3,654 4,147 4,466 5,278 5,742 6,006 6,699 6,786 7,917 8,294 9,009 12,441 13,398 15,834 18,018 20,097 23,751 24,882 29,029 37,323 40,194 47,502 58,058 74,646 87,087 174,174 261,261 and 522,522, with no remainder.

Since 522,522 cannot be divided by just 1 and 522,522, 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).