Q: Is 5,516,610 a Composite Number?

Why is 5,516,610 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 5,516,610 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 5 6 10 11 15 22 30 33 55 66 73 110 146 165 219 229 330 365 438 458 687 730 803 1,095 1,145 1,374 1,606 2,190 2,290 2,409 2,519 3,435 4,015 4,818 5,038 6,870 7,557 8,030 12,045 12,595 15,114 16,717 24,090 25,190 33,434 37,785 50,151 75,570 83,585 100,302 167,170 183,887 250,755 367,774 501,510 551,661 919,435 1,103,322 1,838,870 2,758,305 and 5,516,610, with no remainder.

Since 5,516,610 cannot be divided by just 1 and 5,516,610, 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).