Q: Is 5,273,502 a Composite Number?

Why is 5,273,502 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 5,273,502 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 13 17 26 34 39 41 51 78 82 97 102 123 194 221 246 291 442 533 582 663 697 1,066 1,261 1,326 1,394 1,599 1,649 2,091 2,522 3,198 3,298 3,783 3,977 4,182 4,947 7,566 7,954 9,061 9,894 11,931 18,122 21,437 23,862 27,183 42,874 51,701 54,366 64,311 67,609 103,402 128,622 135,218 155,103 202,827 310,206 405,654 878,917 1,757,834 2,636,751 and 5,273,502, with no remainder.

Since 5,273,502 cannot be divided by just 1 and 5,273,502, 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).