Q: Is 5,575,122 a Composite Number?

Why is 5,575,122 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 5,575,122 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 7 9 14 18 21 27 42 43 49 54 63 86 98 126 129 147 189 258 294 301 343 378 387 441 602 686 774 882 903 1,029 1,161 1,323 1,806 2,058 2,107 2,322 2,401 2,646 2,709 3,087 4,214 4,802 5,418 6,174 6,321 7,203 8,127 9,261 12,642 14,406 14,749 16,254 18,522 18,963 21,609 29,498 37,926 43,218 44,247 56,889 64,827 88,494 103,243 113,778 129,654 132,741 206,486 265,482 309,729 398,223 619,458 796,446 929,187 1,858,374 2,787,561 and 5,575,122, with no remainder.

Since 5,575,122 cannot be divided by just 1 and 5,575,122, 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).