Q: Is 5,742,522 a Composite Number?

Why is 5,742,522 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 5,742,522 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 9 18 19 27 29 38 54 57 58 87 114 171 174 193 261 342 386 513 522 551 579 783 1,026 1,102 1,158 1,566 1,653 1,737 3,306 3,474 3,667 4,959 5,211 5,597 7,334 9,918 10,422 11,001 11,194 14,877 16,791 22,002 29,754 33,003 33,582 50,373 66,006 99,009 100,746 106,343 151,119 198,018 212,686 302,238 319,029 638,058 957,087 1,914,174 2,871,261 and 5,742,522, with no remainder.

Since 5,742,522 cannot be divided by just 1 and 5,742,522, 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).