Q: Is 5,249,634 a Composite Number?

Why is 5,249,634 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 5,249,634 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 13 17 26 34 37 39 51 74 78 102 107 111 214 221 222 321 442 481 629 642 663 962 1,258 1,326 1,391 1,443 1,819 1,887 2,782 2,886 3,638 3,774 3,959 4,173 5,457 7,918 8,177 8,346 10,914 11,877 16,354 23,647 23,754 24,531 47,294 49,062 51,467 67,303 70,941 102,934 134,606 141,882 154,401 201,909 308,802 403,818 874,939 1,749,878 2,624,817 and 5,249,634, with no remainder.

Since 5,249,634 cannot be divided by just 1 and 5,249,634, 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).