Q: Is 5,498,334 a Composite Number?

Why is 5,498,334 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 5,498,334 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 9 18 19 23 27 38 46 54 57 69 114 138 171 207 233 342 414 437 466 513 621 699 874 1,026 1,242 1,311 1,398 2,097 2,622 3,933 4,194 4,427 5,359 6,291 7,866 8,854 10,718 11,799 12,582 13,281 16,077 23,598 26,562 32,154 39,843 48,231 79,686 96,462 101,821 119,529 144,693 203,642 239,058 289,386 305,463 610,926 916,389 1,832,778 2,749,167 and 5,498,334, with no remainder.

Since 5,498,334 cannot be divided by just 1 and 5,498,334, 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).