Q: Is 5,243,535 a Composite Number?

Why is 5,243,535 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 5,243,535 can be evenly divided by 1 3 5 9 11 15 27 33 45 55 81 99 107 121 135 165 297 321 363 405 495 535 605 891 963 1,089 1,177 1,485 1,605 1,815 2,889 3,267 3,531 4,455 4,815 5,445 5,885 8,667 9,801 10,593 12,947 14,445 16,335 17,655 31,779 38,841 43,335 49,005 52,965 64,735 95,337 116,523 158,895 194,205 349,569 476,685 582,615 1,048,707 1,747,845 and 5,243,535, with no remainder.

Since 5,243,535 cannot be divided by just 1 and 5,243,535, 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).