Q: Is 5,374,210 a Composite Number?

Why is 5,374,210 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 5,374,210 can be evenly divided by 1 2 5 10 17 34 85 101 170 202 313 505 626 1,010 1,565 1,717 3,130 3,434 5,321 8,585 10,642 17,170 26,605 31,613 53,210 63,226 158,065 316,130 537,421 1,074,842 2,687,105 and 5,374,210, with no remainder.

Since 5,374,210 cannot be divided by just 1 and 5,374,210, 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).