Q: Is 5,550,012 a Composite Number?

Why is 5,550,012 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 5,550,012 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 9 12 13 18 26 27 36 39 52 54 59 67 78 108 117 118 134 156 177 201 234 236 268 351 354 402 468 531 603 702 708 767 804 871 1,062 1,206 1,404 1,534 1,593 1,742 1,809 2,124 2,301 2,412 2,613 3,068 3,186 3,484 3,618 3,953 4,602 5,226 6,372 6,903 7,236 7,839 7,906 9,204 10,452 11,859 13,806 15,678 15,812 20,709 23,517 23,718 27,612 31,356 35,577 41,418 47,034 47,436 51,389 71,154 82,836 94,068 102,778 106,731 142,308 154,167 205,556 213,462 308,334 426,924 462,501 616,668 925,002 1,387,503 1,850,004 2,775,006 and 5,550,012, with no remainder.

Since 5,550,012 cannot be divided by just 1 and 5,550,012, 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).