Q: Is 5,334,516 a Composite Number?

Why is 5,334,516 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 5,334,516 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 9 11 12 18 19 22 33 36 38 44 57 66 76 99 114 132 171 198 209 228 342 396 418 627 684 709 836 1,254 1,418 1,881 2,127 2,508 2,836 3,762 4,254 6,381 7,524 7,799 8,508 12,762 13,471 15,598 23,397 25,524 26,942 31,196 40,413 46,794 53,884 70,191 80,826 93,588 121,239 140,382 148,181 161,652 242,478 280,764 296,362 444,543 484,956 592,724 889,086 1,333,629 1,778,172 2,667,258 and 5,334,516, with no remainder.

Since 5,334,516 cannot be divided by just 1 and 5,334,516, 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).