Q: Is 5,741,274 a Composite Number?

Why is 5,741,274 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 5,741,274 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 7 11 14 17 21 22 33 34 42 43 51 66 77 86 102 119 129 154 187 231 238 258 289 301 357 374 462 473 561 578 602 714 731 867 903 946 1,122 1,309 1,419 1,462 1,734 1,806 2,023 2,193 2,618 2,838 3,179 3,311 3,927 4,046 4,386 5,117 6,069 6,358 6,622 7,854 8,041 9,537 9,933 10,234 12,138 12,427 15,351 16,082 19,074 19,866 22,253 24,123 24,854 30,702 37,281 44,506 48,246 56,287 66,759 74,562 86,989 112,574 133,518 136,697 168,861 173,978 260,967 273,394 337,722 410,091 521,934 820,182 956,879 1,913,758 2,870,637 and 5,741,274, with no remainder.

Since 5,741,274 cannot be divided by just 1 and 5,741,274, 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).