Q: Is 5,396,430 a Composite Number?

Why is 5,396,430 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 5,396,430 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 5 6 10 13 15 26 30 39 65 78 101 130 137 195 202 274 303 390 411 505 606 685 822 1,010 1,313 1,370 1,515 1,781 2,055 2,626 3,030 3,562 3,939 4,110 5,343 6,565 7,878 8,905 10,686 13,130 13,837 17,810 19,695 26,715 27,674 39,390 41,511 53,430 69,185 83,022 138,370 179,881 207,555 359,762 415,110 539,643 899,405 1,079,286 1,798,810 2,698,215 and 5,396,430, with no remainder.

Since 5,396,430 cannot be divided by just 1 and 5,396,430, 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).