Q: Is 5,271,462 a Composite Number?

Why is 5,271,462 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 5,271,462 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 7 9 14 17 18 21 23 34 42 46 51 63 69 102 107 119 126 138 153 161 207 214 238 306 321 322 357 391 414 483 642 714 749 782 963 966 1,071 1,173 1,449 1,498 1,819 1,926 2,142 2,247 2,346 2,461 2,737 2,898 3,519 3,638 4,494 4,922 5,457 5,474 6,741 7,038 7,383 8,211 10,914 12,733 13,482 14,766 16,371 16,422 17,227 22,149 24,633 25,466 32,742 34,454 38,199 41,837 44,298 49,266 51,681 76,398 83,674 103,362 114,597 125,511 155,043 229,194 251,022 292,859 310,086 376,533 585,718 753,066 878,577 1,757,154 2,635,731 and 5,271,462, with no remainder.

Since 5,271,462 cannot be divided by just 1 and 5,271,462, 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).