Q: Is 5,446,122 a Composite Number?

Why is 5,446,122 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 5,446,122 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 11 19 22 33 38 43 57 66 86 101 114 129 202 209 258 303 418 473 606 627 817 946 1,111 1,254 1,419 1,634 1,919 2,222 2,451 2,838 3,333 3,838 4,343 4,902 5,757 6,666 8,686 8,987 11,514 13,029 17,974 21,109 26,058 26,961 42,218 47,773 53,922 63,327 82,517 95,546 126,654 143,319 165,034 247,551 286,638 495,102 907,687 1,815,374 2,723,061 and 5,446,122, with no remainder.

Since 5,446,122 cannot be divided by just 1 and 5,446,122, 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).