Q: Is 5,516,874 a Composite Number?

Why is 5,516,874 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 5,516,874 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 9 11 17 18 22 33 34 51 66 99 102 121 149 153 187 198 242 298 306 363 374 447 561 726 894 1,089 1,122 1,341 1,639 1,683 2,057 2,178 2,533 2,682 3,278 3,366 4,114 4,917 5,066 6,171 7,599 9,834 12,342 14,751 15,198 18,029 18,513 22,797 27,863 29,502 36,058 37,026 45,594 54,087 55,726 83,589 108,174 162,261 167,178 250,767 306,493 324,522 501,534 612,986 919,479 1,838,958 2,758,437 and 5,516,874, with no remainder.

Since 5,516,874 cannot be divided by just 1 and 5,516,874, 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).