Q: Is 5,709,462 a Composite Number?

Why is 5,709,462 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 5,709,462 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 11 19 22 29 33 38 57 58 66 87 114 157 174 209 314 319 418 471 551 627 638 942 957 1,102 1,254 1,653 1,727 1,914 2,983 3,306 3,454 4,553 5,181 5,966 6,061 8,949 9,106 10,362 12,122 13,659 17,898 18,183 27,318 32,813 36,366 50,083 65,626 86,507 98,439 100,166 150,249 173,014 196,878 259,521 300,498 519,042 951,577 1,903,154 2,854,731 and 5,709,462, with no remainder.

Since 5,709,462 cannot be divided by just 1 and 5,709,462, 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).