Q: Is 5,055,000 a Composite Number?

Why is 5,055,000 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 5,055,000 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 12 15 20 24 25 30 40 50 60 75 100 120 125 150 200 250 300 337 375 500 600 625 674 750 1,000 1,011 1,250 1,348 1,500 1,685 1,875 2,022 2,500 2,696 3,000 3,370 3,750 4,044 5,000 5,055 6,740 7,500 8,088 8,425 10,110 13,480 15,000 16,850 20,220 25,275 33,700 40,440 42,125 50,550 67,400 84,250 101,100 126,375 168,500 202,200 210,625 252,750 337,000 421,250 505,500 631,875 842,500 1,011,000 1,263,750 1,685,000 2,527,500 and 5,055,000, with no remainder.

Since 5,055,000 cannot be divided by just 1 and 5,055,000, 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).