Q: Is 5,310,228 a Composite Number?

Why is 5,310,228 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 5,310,228 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 11 12 14 21 22 28 33 42 44 49 66 77 84 98 132 147 154 196 231 294 308 462 539 588 821 924 1,078 1,617 1,642 2,156 2,463 3,234 3,284 4,926 5,747 6,468 9,031 9,852 11,494 17,241 18,062 22,988 27,093 34,482 36,124 40,229 54,186 63,217 68,964 80,458 108,372 120,687 126,434 160,916 189,651 241,374 252,868 379,302 442,519 482,748 758,604 885,038 1,327,557 1,770,076 2,655,114 and 5,310,228, with no remainder.

Since 5,310,228 cannot be divided by just 1 and 5,310,228, 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).