Q: Is 5,842,485 a Composite Number?

Why is 5,842,485 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 5,842,485 can be evenly divided by 1 3 5 9 11 15 29 33 37 45 55 87 99 111 121 145 165 185 261 319 333 363 407 435 495 555 605 957 1,073 1,089 1,221 1,305 1,595 1,665 1,815 2,035 2,871 3,219 3,509 3,663 4,477 4,785 5,365 5,445 6,105 9,657 10,527 11,803 13,431 14,355 16,095 17,545 18,315 22,385 31,581 35,409 40,293 48,285 52,635 59,015 67,155 106,227 129,833 157,905 177,045 201,465 389,499 531,135 649,165 1,168,497 1,947,495 and 5,842,485, with no remainder.

Since 5,842,485 cannot be divided by just 1 and 5,842,485, 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).